The Bad Guys became a new must-watch movie that definitely has this amazing 90s Tarantino
influence and it introduces to us the criminals in the midst of a frantic heist that definitely
wins our hearts from the very first second.
It is safe to say that people really fell in love with this motley crew and The Bad
Guys broke all records we bet you want to know more details about what was going on
behind the scenes.
If yes, make sure you watch this video till the very end.
Have you already watched The Bad Guys?
If yes, you will definitely agree that this movie deserves every good review it received!
From an amazing voice cast to a well-crafted story – it seems like everything is absolutely
perfect.
But we all know if you want to get a perfect result, you need to work hard.
This movie is based on the children’s book series by Aaron Blabey about a group of animals
— a wolf, a snake, a shark, a tarantula, and a piranha — and they are criminals.
The Bad Guys movie is a total imitation of grown-up movies and it even gives us much
of Ocean’s 11 vibes.
So, since this is a heist movie, director Pierre Perifel knows it’s the details that
matter.
The first and foremost thing to do was to find the right actors to voice the movie’s
characters.
Pierre Perifel was very serious about the actors he was inviting to his crew because
he thinks that every actor has a huge influence on the character they play.
So, Pierre ended up with a really amazing crew: Sam Rockwell (pickpocket Mr. Wolf),
Marc Maron (safe-cracker Mr. Snake), Craig Robinson (master of disguise Mr. Shark), Anthony
Ramos (the short fuse Mr. Piranha) and Awkwafina (expert hacker Ms. Tarantula) all work off
of each other pretty well.
They give a ton of energy to their characters, and their line deliveries offer some laughs.
We also have Zazie Beetz here who portrayed the very smart and beautiful fox Diane Foxington
(formally known as the Crimson Paw) and Alex Borstein, whose character is a police officer
who’s been waiting to put the gang behind bars for years.
We all agree that every actor literally sold the character’s temper and eagerness to
the viewer.
In one of his interviews, the director of the movie revealed that the voice actors did
a brilliant job from the day first and perfectly brought their characters to life.
He also said that “They brought so much to the point where we rewrote some lines for
them to really match their voices and their acting style.
And frankly, we managed to record them together, so that there'd really be some kind of improvisation
and some kind of banter between them, and make sure that the flow of the read was organic
and felt right.”
If anyone ever tells you that voice acting is an easy thing, they are wrong.
Especially when it comes to voice acting for animated films.
Yep, you get into a booth and repeat a bunch of lines but there are so many difficulties
that people don’t know about.
Zazie Beetz and Lilly Singh who took part in the movie revealed that it wasn’t easy
to create their lady characters.
The biggest challenge for Zazie Beetz was Diane Foxington’s voice and she admitted
it was her biggest challenge.
“I think it was the first two sessions, it was like I don’t know if we’re totally
landing this character.”
But who said Zazie wasn’t able to rose to the challenge?
Eventually, she nailed it.
“It took a few sessions before we really honed in on…who Diane is today.
And then, once we finally did it was so clear and then we ended up re-taping a bunch of
stuff.”
But for Lilly Singh who voiced bunny reporter Tiffany Fluffitt, the most difficult thing
was the time.
Lilly is a YouTuber and blogger and she got used to instant results so it was kinda hard
for her to wait.
“…coming from the interwebs, I’m not used to things taking so long.
And so, we’ve been doing this voice-over work for, like three years,” Lilly said.
“So, each time I would do a session, I’d be like ‘wait, what is this scene about?
What is this part of the story?’
That was tough for me to put myself back in that headspace again, after months and months
would go by in between sessions.”
The actress admitted that making a movie is not easy, at all.
“Animation is really, really hard work.”
The next really important thing was the choreography and the cast had to go through all dancing
and choreography classes to get closer to their own characters and know exactly how
to interact with each other.
Susan Misner, the choreographer of the Bad Guys was the one who was responsible for making
every actor feel their character.
The first mission that Susan had was to create a clear connection between Sam and Zazie who
played Mr. Wolf and Diana.
She said, “I kept thinking: a fox and a wolf, what they can do”.
And she definitely came up with the ideas because you probably agree that the chemistry
that was shown between wolf and fox on screen was incredible.
Thank you, Susan, you really did a great job!
Of course, the choreographer had to deal with some other huge animated creatures like enormously
huge Sharks and the shark had to look natural in the movie.
Susana’s work was to push the actors to their limits so they will make every viewer
feel their character’s energy.
Do you think she managed to complete her mission?
If you have any thoughts on the matter, let us know in the comments section down below.
Although the voice acting is a really hard job, who said you can’t enjoy it?
The Bad Guys actors revealed that they really enjoyed the process and they are totally in
love with their characters!
But did you know that almost every actor has their favorite scene?
Let’s talk about the actors’ favorite scenes and the things they liked while voicing.
Craig Robinson really enjoyed that he could keep the energy up in different ways while
voicing.
“If you've got to run in place or whatever - just things you can't do in live action,
you can do to keep your energy going.
It adds so much more to the character without people having to know that you did it”,
Craig shared.
The actor also revealed his favorite moment from The Bad Guys.
“I went back and forth laughing about, ‘I’m having a baby.’
When I would go to those high-pitch numbers, we couldn’t stop laughing.
It was fun making those guys laugh in the booth.
And then, you know, being silly with it”.
Zazie Beetz enjoyed working on The Bad Guys because it gave her a chance to express her
feelings, as she is incredibly expressive and she said she liked voicing more than acting
because “film can usually force you to stay very subtle so being behind the mic was freeing”.
She also revealed that her favorite scene was when Mr. Wolf is saving the kitty, but
he’s actually saving it and it just kind of made her super emotional.
The actress said, “It kind of really hit me hard.
Much harder than I expected.
But, yes, good does you good and the little kitty becomes his friend.
I love that.”
Lilly Singh shared that the most enjoyable part of working on this comedy is that it
made her laugh out loud.
“I knew it was going to be good, it was gonna be fun.
But, as an adult, I was like, oh, maybe I’ll think it’s cute, but I thought it was hysterical
at moments”, Lilly said.
She then continued, “I think the guinea pig scene for me was, like peak comedy, where
I saw that in the script, but to hear it performed and see the visuals, it all came together
so well.
So, probably that scene.”
Anthony Ramos revealed that he really enjoyed watching his character develop, “It's just
the process, you know?
Seeing your character develop.
You come in and there's nothing - there's no sketch, really, or anything.
They're like, "Yo, this is just the idea.
You come in, you start voicing the character and you start to see them.
Every session you come in, you see how your character is being developed more and more
and more and more.
And then eventually they start to set the animation to your voice.
You start to see the mannerisms; that face you made when you did that line that one time.
You're like, "Oh man, that's crazy!"
Just being able to see that translation.”
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