A digitally manipulated Tom Hanks and Robin Wright in *Here.*

You’re Only as Old as You Look

A new Tom Hanks film uses groundbreaking A.I. technology to transform the actor into his fresh-faced, 1980s self

By Keiran Southern

In an era when Hollywood is struggling to produce new movie stars and is instead relying on veteran leading actors to anchor films, the pull of de-aging technology has proven irresistible.

Martin Scorsese employed digital wizardry to take decades off Robert De Niro in the 2019 gangster epic The Irishman while computers helped Harrison Ford turn back the clock in last year’s Indiana Jones sequel.