““Now that Worthington’s face as it looked in his early thirties has been banked in a computer, this “digital asset” could be used in a film decades from now, when Worthington looks very different. Currently, the production companies own the scans that they commission, but Debevec thinks that actors will one day pay to retain the rights to their digital selves. He said, “Within ten years, it will seem anachronistic to have a different actor playing a younger version of a character.””
