End of Watch AI with a friend

Who plays who

In the film, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Officer Brian Taylor and Michael Peña plays his partner, Officer Mike Zavala. In the AI version, the first photo you upload always replaces Taylor and the second always replaces Zavala.

Roles follow the upload order, not gender. Two women, a woman and a man, a parent and a grown-up kid: the model keeps photo 1 on the officer and photo 2 on the partner in every shot. If you want to swap roles, upload the photos in the other order.

Where the partner shows up

The partner is not in every shot, so it helps to know where to look. Times are from the 11-second version.

0 to 3.3 s: the close-up. The officer talks to the camera and the partner slides in from the left and grins next to him. This is the shot people screenshot most.

6.9 to 7.2 s: the handcuffs shot. The camera pulls back a little and the partner is in the background.

10.4 to 10.9 s: the last shot. The partner sits on the bench without a shirt and the officer points at him.

The 6-second version only has the first appearance, in the close-up. If a friend plays the partner, the 11-second version is the one where you both show up at the end.

What we tested

We tested the two-person version on the 11-second template with the Wan 3.0 model before putting it on the site. A man as the officer and a man as the partner worked on the first try, with both faces staying in their roles through every cut.

The first test with two women showed the original bald partner coming back in the second half. We changed the instructions so the model keeps photo 1 as the officer from the first frame to the last, and the next test was right in every shot. That version is what runs on the site now.

The one shot to check is the handcuffs shot around 7 seconds. It is a wider frame, so faces are smaller there than in the close-up.

Picking two photos that work together

Use one person per photo, front-facing, with even light and no sunglasses. The camera is inches from the officer's face in the close-up, so photo 1 should be the sharper of the two.

You do not need matching photos. They can be taken in different places and at different times; the model puts both people in the same locker room light.

Both of you wear the clothes from the scene, not your own: the officer in a white crew-neck T-shirt, the partner in his T-shirt and, in the last shot, shirtless on the bench. Faces, hair and skin tone come from your photos.

Pairs that work

Coworkers on the same shift: the gear check reads as an inside joke about your job, the way the 2023 gym, McDonald's and Walmart editions did.

Couples and siblings: one shows off, the other leans in and grins.

Gym partners and teammates: the officer presents the gear, the partner gets pointed at in the last shot.

Only use photos of yourself and of adults who agreed. Photos of children, celebrities and public figures are not allowed.