How To Enable Casting In Sora AI | Your Face in Videos

Enabling casting in Sora means setting up Cameos, the feature that adds your likeness to AI-generated videos through the iOS app — no separate “casting” setting exists.

Understanding how to enable casting in Sora AI starts with knowing the right name for the feature. The tool you need is called Cameos — it lets you add your own face to generated video clips, and it works primarily through the Sora iOS app. There is no dedicated “Casting” toggle or menu anywhere in Sora. Instead, the process involves recording a short verification clip of yourself, setting your privacy preferences, and then selecting your saved likeness when creating new videos. The whole flow takes under two minutes once you have access to the app.

Below you will find the exact steps, the requirements you need to check first, and the limits that matter — including what works on mobile versus the web browser version.

What Does “Casting” Actually Mean in Sora?

There is no feature literally named “Casting” in Sora, despite the term appearing in user discussions and social media posts. The actual feature you are looking for is called Cameos, and it appears under an Add Yours or Cameo option in the app’s creation menu. It lets you insert your own face or a custom character into AI-generated videos. Sora itself is OpenAI’s text-to-video model capable of generating clips up to one minute long while maintaining visual quality and prompt adherence according to OpenAI’s official product page.

What You Need Before You Start

Setting up a Cameo requires a specific combination of a paid ChatGPT subscription, an invite code, and an iOS device. Without all three, the feature will not appear.

How to Enable Cameos in Sora on iOS

Creating a Cameo is a one-time setup process done entirely inside the Sora app on an iPhone. Once saved, the likeness is available for any future video generation.

1. Open the Sora app on your iPhone and sign in with your ChatGPT Plus or Pro account. If you have an invite code, you may need to enter it on the welcome screen — not all accounts are activated without one.
2. Tap the plus (+) button to start a new creation.
3. Select Add Yours or Cameo from the creation menu — the exact label depends on your app version. Both lead to the same likeness-setup flow.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to record a verification clip. The app asks for about 10 to 15 seconds of footage looking into the camera from multiple angles — a natural head-turn works best.
5. Choose who can use this Cameo: Just you, Your friends, or Everyone. You can change this later.
6. Save the Cameo. It now appears as an available character when you start a new generation.

Your saved Cameo appears as a selectable option in the character or reference-image menu when you tap the plus button for a new video. You will see your own face thumbnail there.

Can You Use Cameos on the Web or Android?

The web version of Sora at sora.com and Android devices have significant limitations for Cameos. According to tutorial coverage, the web version can use existing Cameos that were created on mobile but cannot create a new one in the browser. Android support was not available at the time the current tutorials were recorded, so iPhone remains the only fully supported device for setting up and using this feature.

Privacy and Safety with Sora Cameos

OpenAI walks users through several permission screens before a Cameo is saved to make sure you are granting consent intentionally. The feature also includes a visibility setting that controls whether your likeness can be used by only you, people you designate, or anyone on the platform. Note that the Sora 2 API — the developer-facing version — explicitly rejects input images containing human faces and prohibits generating real people or public figures. The same restrictions apply in the consumer app: do not attempt to create a Cameo of someone else without their permission, and do not use reference images of public figures.

Common Mistakes That Block the Feature

The most frequent issue is searching for a “casting” setting that does not exist — the correct entry point is Cameo or Add Yours. Other problems include trying to create a new Cameo in the web browser instead of the iOS app, assuming Android support is available, forgetting the ChatGPT subscription or invite code, and attempting to generate real public figures in the Sora 2 API context where face images are rejected. Each of these will silently block the feature without an obvious error message.

Final Steps to Get Casting Working

To summarize the exact sequence: get a ChatGPT Plus or Pro subscription and an invite code, open the Sora app on an iPhone, tap the plus button, select Add Yours or Cameo, record the 10-second verification clip, set your privacy preference, and save. After that, the Cameo is available every time you create a video. If you are on desktop or Android, the only current workaround is to borrow an iPhone for the setup — after that, your saved Cameo will be usable on the web version of Sora.