Matthew Lawrence, the actor who played one of Mrs. Doubtfire’s charges in the iconic 1993 comedy film of the same name, has said that the film’s star, Robin Williams, ought to be resurrected using artificial intelligence. “He’s gotta be the voice of A.I. He’s gotta be the voice in something,” Lawrence told Entertainment Weekly. Williams tragically died by suicide at the age of 63 in 2014, but Lawrence says we should use technology to enable him to live on. “With the respect and with the okay from his family... I would love to do something really special with his voice because I know for a generation, that voice is just so iconic,” the 45-year-old actor continued. In Lawrence’s imagining, Williams’ voice could give you directions home or his comedy stylings could handle the banal questions currently answered by Apple’s Siri. “It would be so cool,” Lawrence said, “I’m telling you!”
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