Jennifer Lopez , the lead actor in Netflix 's new sci-fi film Atlas , recently disclosed her deep emotional connection to the script. In a conversation with CBR, she confessed that the script moved her so much that she "sobbed" upon first reading it. The story, which explores the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence (AI), is directed by Brad Peyton and written by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite.
'First time I read the script, I sobbed' In Atlas , Lopez plays a data analyst with a deep-seated distrust of AI. Her character is forced to overcome this fear and trust AI to save humanity. "For me, the kind of relationship between Atlas and the artificial intelligence was really interesting," said Lopez, adding, "I remember the first time I read the script, I sobbed and I thought, 'Yeah, this is a sci-fi [movie].
This is an action movie.'" Lopez's character in 'Atlas' explores the human-AI relationship Lopez further highlighted how Atlas is a "really beautiful story about how these two kinds of entities (Human and AI) come together and become more human." "Smith becomes more and more human, and so does Atlas.
That relationship of learning how to trust someone when you've never trusted anything since you were a child because of some traumatic event that happened to you is something that a lot of people can identify with," the 54-year-old actor added. Film explores benefits and issues of AI, says co-star Sterling K. Brown—co-star in Atlas— highlighted the fil.