Matthew McConaughey, Michael Caine Team Up With ElevenLabs to Recreate Their Voices Using AI

Academy Award-winning actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have partnered with AI audio company ElevenLabs to create digital replicas of their iconic voices, even as prominent Hollywood figures continue to denounce AI’s encroachment into their craft.

McConaughey has been an “investor and early supporter” of the platform for years and plans to use the voice cloning technology to launch a Spanish edition of his “Lyrics of Livin’” newsletter, according to a statement released Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Michael Caine has listed his voice on ElevenLabs’ new Iconic Voice Marketplace, a platform that allows brands and producers to pay for AI versions of celebrity voices for projects ranging from audiobooks to ad campaigns.

These deals highlight a growing divide in Hollywood, where actors are split between those embracing AI’s commercial potential and others who view it as an existential threat to their livelihoods.

“Since our first conversation, I’ve been impressed by how the ElevenLabs team has taken the magic of the core technology and turned it into products that creators, enterprises, and storytellers use daily,” McConaughey said in a statement provided by ElevenLabs, as cited in a report by Variety.

Caine’s voice now joins the marketplace alongside digital replicas of other iconic personalities, including deceased celebrities Judy Garland, John Wayne, Babe Ruth, and Alan Turing.

In another notable collaboration, First Lady Melania Trump worked with ElevenLabs to publish an audiobook version of her memoir, using an AI-generated replica of her voice.

### Hollywood Stars Resist AI

Despite these collaborations, many Hollywood stars have voiced strong opposition to AI.

Three-time Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro famously declared “fuck AI!” at a New York City screening of his Netflix film *Frankenstein* last week. He later told NPR he would “rather die” than use generative AI in his films.

On Stephen Colbert’s late-night show, Oscar winner Dame Emma Thompson expressed “intense irritation” with Microsoft’s AI assistant offering to rewrite her scripts, saying, “I don’t need you to fucking rewrite what I’ve just written!”

“Iron Man” star and Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr. vowed last October to “sue all future executives” who create digital replicas of his Iron Man character using generative AI without permission.

Similarly, Nicolas Cage called AI “inhumane,” warning young actors that the technology “wants to take your instrument.”

Boris Rehlinger, the French voice actor for Ben Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix, is leading the TouchePasMaVF initiative, which aims to protect human dubbing from AI replacement. Rehlinger told Reuters, “I feel threatened even though my voice hasn’t been replaced by AI yet.”

The Screen Actors Guild has also been fighting for AI rights, staging a 118-day strike in 2023 to secure protections against the “threat of AI.” Around the same time, video game performers launched a separate strike in July 2024 over AI voice cloning, concluding the year-long action with a contract requiring explicit consent and “cryptographic proof” for any AI-generated performances.

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As AI technology continues to evolve, the tension between innovation and protection of artists’ rights remains a critical issue in Hollywood and beyond.
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