Eric Dane took part in an AI voice restoration project before his death as means of restoring his ability to communicate via a synthetic voice. "[Eric] was really excited about it, because he was losing his voice, and it was becoming more difficult for him to communicate each and every day. So it became sort of urgent," Rebecca Gayheart tells Variety. “He was waiting anxiously to hear it, and when we got it from ElevenLabs it was a really big moment. It was a powerful moment. We played it, and Eric became visibly emotional. And when I heard it, I cried. I think everyone in the room did."