Shark Tank ’s Kevin O’Leary wants to replace background extras in movies with “100 Norwell Tillies” (he means Tilly Norwood ). He also wants to replace himself with AI and his U.S. passport with U.A.E. citizenship. On The Hill ’s World of Travel podcast, O’Leary talked up artificial intelligence, getting most of the names wrong in the process. Talking about his upcoming big screen part in Marty Supreme , O’Leary disparaged background actors as expendable to the artistic process. “Almost every scene had as many as 150 extras. Now, those people have to stay awake for 18 hours, be completely dressed in the background. Not necessarily in the movie, but they’re necessary to be there moving around. And yet, it costs millions of dollars to do that,” O’Leary said. “Why couldn’t y

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