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Maureen Dowd New York Times columnist October 5, 2025 — 1.30pm

In the immortal words of Emily Blunt, “Good lord, we’re screwed.”

She was on a podcast with Variety on Monday when she was handed a headline about cinema’s latest sensation, Tilly Norwood .

Agents are circling the hot property, a fresh-faced young British brunette actor who is attracting global attention. Norwood is AI, and Blunt is terrified.

Told that Tilly’s creator, Eline Van der Velden, a Dutch former actor with a master’s in physics, wants her to be the next Scarlett Johansson, Blunt protested, “But we have Scarlett Johansson.” (Cue the Invasion of the Body Snatchers music.)

All over Hollywood, actors are cursing Tilly, her Pygmalion, Van der Velden, and the increasingly withdrawn m

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