Meet Tilly Norwood, the new sensation dividing Hollywood

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Meet Tilly Norwood, the new sensation dividing Hollywood

Maureen Dowd New York Times columnist October 5, 2025 — 12.30pm Advertisement

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, AI-generated Tilly Norwood, who is attracting global attention.

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 Sc