Bryan Cranston Was Bothered by Sora 2, However Now He is Praising OpenAI

If you happen to had been following the Sora 2 information intently when the restricted public launch of OpenAI’s new video generator began on September 30, you might have observed some unsettling movies that includes the likeness and voice of iconic TV actor Bryan Cranston—sometimes in character as Breaking Unhealthy protagonist Walter White. Cranston evidently noticed these too, and he discovered them so unsettling he reportedly contacted his union, SAG-AFTRA, about it.

However excellent news: OpenAI has apparently addressed Cranston’s misgivings, and he’s praising the corporate publicly now.

In a press release launched Monday by SAG-AFTRA (via Deadline), Cranston acknowledged that originally he was “deeply involved not only for myself, however for all performers whose work and id will be misused on this means.”

To be particular, he may need been involved about this video set in a strip mall parking zone by which Cranston (showing as Walter White) and deceased pop musician Michael Jackson announce to Jackson’s vlog viewers that they’ve been hanging out.

Maybe he additionally noticed this extra elaborate work of fan fiction by which Cranston and the remainder of the core Breaking Unhealthy solid are in what seems to be the Vietnam Warfare:

Breaking Unhealthy – I Am The Napalm (Parody Music Video)#ai #breakingbad #Memes #sora#sora2 pic.twitter.com/bt59hKqK0t

— Saga Lore AI (@Sagaloreai) October 7, 2025

On October 8, Cranston’s company, launched an indignant statement about Sora 2, asking partially:

The query is, does OpenAI and its associate corporations imagine that people, writers, artists, actors, administrators, producers, musicians, and athletes need to be compensated and credited for the work they create? Or does OpenAI imagine they will simply steal it, disregarding international copyright rules and blatantly dismissing creators’ rights, in addition to the many individuals and firms who fund the manufacturing, creation, and publication of those people’ work?

On Monday, nevertheless, Cranston had seen one thing he appreciated, and was now not upset. He announced that he was “grateful to OpenAI for its coverage and for bettering its guardrails.”

Moreover, Deadline says SAG-AFTRA, OpenAI, the Affiliation of Expertise Brokers, United Expertise Company, and Inventive Artists Company all launched a associated joint assertion together with the next: “Whereas from the beginning it was OpenAI’s coverage to require opt-in for the usage of voice and likeness, OpenAI expressed remorse for these unintentional generations. OpenAI has strengthened guardrails round replication of voice and likeness when people don’t opt-in.”

On October 3, properly earlier than CAA’s offended assertion about Sora 2, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman painted a slightly different picture with regard to OpenAI’s copyright coverage upon the discharge of Sora 2. He wrote in a weblog put up that in gentle of how the product was getting used, OpenAI “will give rightsholders extra granular management over era of characters, much like the opt-in mannequin for likeness however with further controls,” and added, “We’re going to strive sharing a few of this income with rightsholders who need their characters generated by customers.”

We requested OpenAI to make clear the timeline of the Sora 2 copyright coverage, and can replace if we hear again.

Altman wrote in that very same put up that OpenAI is “going to must in some way become profitable for video era.”