Jeff Bridges Was Not ‘Fond of' His CGITron: LegacyAppearance: 'I Looked More Like Bill Maher Than Myself'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jeff Bridges and Jeff Bridges in Tron: Legacy.Photo:Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup for FX/Shutterstock; Walt Disney Productions/Kobal/Shutterstock

Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup for FX/Shutterstock; Walt Disney Productions/Kobal/Shutterstock

Jeff Bridgeshas notes on his appearance inTron: Legacy.

After leading 1982 sci-fi classicTron, the 74-year-old actor reprised his role as video game programmer Kevin Flynn in the 2010 sequel starringGarrett HedlundandOlivia Wilde. But a de-aged version of himself as another character, Clu (Codified Likeness Utility), resembledBill Maher, he recently said on Josh Horowitz’sHappy Sad Confusedpodcast.

He continued with candor: “I wasn’t particularly fond of that recreation of myself. I thought I looked more like Bill Maher than myself.”

Tron: Legacy.Walt Disney Productions/Kobal/Shutterstock

Walt Disney Productions/Kobal/Shutterstock

The actor confirmed onHappy Sad Confusedthat his appearance in the Joachim Rønning-directedAresis a brief one. While it’s unclear if de-aging technology will again be used to recapture his youth in the new film, Bridges agreed when Horowitz posited that such technology has improved since 2010.

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Of the “bizarre” originalTron, he said, “Things that are that off-the-wall, that haven’t been done, are kind of safer in a way. Because there’s nothing to compare it to.”

Jeff Bridges.Taylor Hill/WireImage

Taylor Hill/WireImage

Teasing the new installmentin August, Leto, 52, told PEOPLE that it will speak to “the culture and the technology of the times that we’re living in.”

Rønning, meanwhile,saidin a statement thatTron: Ares“builds upon the legacy of cutting-edge design, technology and storytelling. Now more than ever, it feels like the right time to return to the Grid.”

Also starring inTron: AresareHasan Minhaj,Jodie Turner-Smith,Arturo Castro,Cameron MonaghanandGillian Anderson. It will come to theaters Oct. 10, 2025.

source: people.com