Çukur Star Erkan Kolçak Köstendil Shares The AI-Generated Vartolu And Asks: "Who Does He Look Like?"
Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, who played Vartolu Saadettin in the hit Turkish series Çukur, did not stay quiet after the trailer for Çukur: Vartolu, a film made with artificial intelligence, came out. The actor shared the AI-generated Vartolu image and asked his followers: 'Mind you, he reminded me of an actor. Who do you think he looks like?'
Erkan Kolçak Köstendil shared the AI version of Vartolu with a single question: "Who do you think he looks like?"
After the trailer was released, the AI version of the Vartolu character became a talking point on social media. Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, who brought the character to life for four seasons, joined the conversation in his own style.
Sharing the Vartolu image from the film, the actor wrote: 'AI technology has advanced, how nice. Well done, you creative young people. Mind you, he reminded me of an actor. Who do you think he looks like?'
At first glance the lines read like congratulations, but the subtle jab did not go unnoticed. With 'he reminded me of an actor,' Erkan Kolçak Köstendil was pointing to how closely the AI character resembles the Vartolu of the series, in other words, himself.
Every frame of Çukur: Vartolu was produced with artificial intelligence.
The film was made by AI Yapım, the Singapore-based AI studio of Ay Yapım, and will be released on Amazon Prime Video. According to the production's statement, the characters and locations were created with AI. Real actors performed the scenes, the digital characters were built on their movements and timing, and the dialogue was recorded with voice actors.
Familiar names behind the camera
The film is directed by Umut Aral and produced by Kerem Çatay. The screenplay belongs to Gökhan Horzum, head writer of Çukur. The cast of the film has not been announced.
How Vartolu became Vartolu
Çukur aired on Show TV for four seasons between 2017 and 2021, and Vartolu Saadettin became one of its most loved characters. Vartolu, whose real name is Salih, was the son İdris Koçovalı had outside his marriage.
The new film is not a sequel to the series. The story focuses on Salih's childhood in Doğubeyazıt: losing his mother and grandfather, waiting for years for his father to find him, and that hope slowly turning into revenge. The film's tagline sums it up: 'There is nothing more dangerous than a man with nothing left to lose.'
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