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Peacock’s “Ted” Inserts Bill Clinton via AI Face-Swap

6/16/2026

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Story summary

Peacock’s series “Ted” used AI face-replacement to insert Bill Clinton in Season 2 Episode 5.
Prosthetics and standard CGI were rejected after they appeared terrifying and distracting.
An archivist gathered portraits and low-resolution video from the Bill Clinton Presidential Library for the model.
A forensic sculptor used ZBrush to create a digital head, which Deep Voodoo refined with frame-by-frame capture and blended with MacFarlane’s performance using AI tools.

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Story summary

Peacock’s series “Ted” used AI face-replacement to insert Bill Clinton in Season 2 Episode 5.
Prosthetics and standard CGI were rejected after they appeared terrifying and distracting.
An archivist gathered portraits and low-resolution video from the Bill Clinton Presidential Library for the model.
A forensic sculptor used ZBrush to create a digital head, which Deep Voodoo refined with frame-by-frame capture and blended with MacFarlane’s performance using AI tools.