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by moralestapia 765 days ago
Fictional characters cannot have personality rights, for obvious reasons.

That falls under copyright, trademarks, ...

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Actors who play fictional characters have personality rights.
Yes, but not the fictional character. Scarlett Johansson's character in her, credited only as "voice", is a fictional character.
No one claimed the fictional character's personality rights were infringed.

People who want to use an actor's likeness can't get around likeness rights by saying they impersonated a specific performance actually.