For months, Eline Van der Velden, founder of AI production studio Particle6, had been taking meetings around town and introducing her ingenue, Tilly Norwood . She made no secret of her hopes for the 20-something-looking brunette. “We want Tilly to be the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman,” Van der Velden told Broadcast International in July.

But the full-blown panic over Particle6’s first creation didn’t hit until this past weekend, when Van der Velden talked about Norwood and her screen debut in the comedy sketch “AI Commissioner” during a panel at the Zurich Film Festival.

“When we first launched Tilly, people were like, ‘What’s that?’ And now we’re going to be announcing which agency is going to be representing her in the next few months,” Van der Velden said.

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