‘Young Washington’ Director Jon Erwin Breaks Down Film’s Use of AI

In Jon Erwin’s telling, even the most advanced visual effects tools are no match for the physics of water.

The director of the film “Young Washington,” the historical drama releasing nationwide on Friday (July 3), needed to film a scene where a pre-Revolutionary War George Washington (William Franklyn-Miller) and his companion nearly drown in an icy river.

But icy rivers are,…