Deeptomcruise
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About
Deeptomcruise is a gimmick TikTok account that posts deepfakes of Hollywood actor Tom Cruise. The channel and its videos received viral popularity in February 2021, with the deepfakes recognized for being highly realistic.
History
On February 22nd, 2021, TikTok[1] account deeptomcruise was created. On the same day, the account posted a deepfake video where the face of Tom Cruise was applied over a clip of a person playing golf and talking to the camera (shown below).[2] The video received over 5.7 million views and 609,000 likes on TikTok in four days.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6932166297996233989
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Features
Deeptomcruise posts videos in which the face of actor Tom Cruise is applied over clips of a person performing various actions communicating with the viewers. In the videos, a voice similar to the actor's is also used to further the effect (example videos shown below).[3][4]
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6932640712861224198
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6933305746130046214
Highlights
On February 25th, 2021, Twitter[8] user @mckaywringley reposted a video from the account, writing "seeing is no longer believing," with the tweet gaining over 545,000 views, 3,600 retweets and 10,700 likes in one day (shown below).
See this video of Tom Cruise?Well, it’s not Tom Cruise.It’s AI generated synthetic media that portrays Tom Cruise onto a TikTok user using Deepfakes.Seeing is no longer believing. pic.twitter.com/CRix0hD9OH
— Mckay Wrigley (@mckaywrigley) February 25, 2021
In the following day, several news outlets reported on the account, including articles by Dexerto,[5] The Daily Beast[6] and NME.[7]
Traffic
As of February 26th, 2021, four days after being created, deeptomcruise accumulated over 216,000 followers and 686,000 likes.
Search Interest
External References
[1] TikTok – @deeptomcruise
[2] TikTok – @deeptomcruise
[3] TikTok – @deeptomcruise
[4] TikTok – @deeptomcruise
[5] Dexerto – Insanely accurate Tom Cruise deepfake goes viral on TikTok
[6] The Daily Beast – Shockingly Real Tom Cruise Deepfakes Are Invading TikTok
[7] NME – Lifelike Tom Cruise deepfake goes viral on TikTok
[8] Twitter – @mckaywrigley
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