Today, we're at the red carpet premiere of Disney
and Pixar's latest animated film, "Turning Red."
Here to get the inside scoop.
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Hi, everybody!
This is Nicki Sun.
And I'm so excited to be here in beautiful Hollywood,
California, right outside the iconic El Capitan Theatre
to talk to the stars of the film "Turning Red."
So let's go check it out.
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SANDRA OH (VOICEOVER): To be able to be out on Hollywood
Boulevard celebrating "Turning Red,"
being screened at El Capitan, it is such a thrill--
a thrill in my life--
to be a part of it.
I'm just trying to take it all in.
NICKI SUN (VOICEOVER): How does it
feel to be the director of the first Pixar film
directed solely by a woman?
It feels--
Yeah--
--amazing to have the support of Disney and Pixar
behind this movie, behind me.
And it just feels amazing to just be able to share
my culture and my background--
Yeah.
Like, on the big screen with everybody around the world.
- Feels like it's about time. - Yeah.
That's how it feels.
Right?
How does it feel to be a part of the first-ever
Asian-led Pixar film and also play the lead.
I can't believe that they cast me for this.
I'm so, so grateful to Pixar.
First Asian lead, I mean, this is Domee Shi, the director.
This is her story.
And I think it's great that they gave her
a platform to tell her story.
And I think people are really going to enjoy this movie.
What was the process working with Domee Shi on this?
Oh, it was really wonderful.
I can't say enough about how just joyful and just nourishing
it was.
And just the amount of openness and trust
was really extraordinary.
And what was it like working with Domee Shi?
It was so special because, you know, she could give me
very close information to what the character is feeling
and what she's going through.
Domee was, like, telling me the music
that she listened to in the '90s.
And genre-wise, it's kind of all over the place.
There's, like, New Jack Swing,
there's, like, pop, an element of traditional Chinese music,
which kind of represents Ming and her traditions.
Music is such an elemental part,
I think, about adolescence, when you're trying to find
your identity and your friends.
And that is a real big focus of the film.
How does it feel to be a writer for the first
Asian-led Pixar film?
You know, until you just said that, it hadn't really hit me.
[LAUGHS]
And it's hitting now.
It's hitting me right now.
Yeah.
It's kind of overwhelming.
I mean, I love Pixar movies so much.
And I never dreamed I would actually be involved with one.
I feel very proud, to say the least.
And I feel like this movie is so authentic and in every way.
And I'm just so grateful for it.
So what was it like also being a part of the first, kind
of, Canadian Pixar film?
MAITREYI RAMAKRISHNAN (VOICEOVER):
I'm very unapologetically Canadian.
It's basically like seeing my home, you know.
It's seeing where I grew up.
So yeah, it's really, really cool.
What was it like seeing yourself on screen
when your voice parts came on?
Super exciting and awesome, and definitely a big ego boost, I
guess.
[LAUGHS]
Honestly, voicing an animated character
is so fun because you really use more than the voice.
Like, I'm sweating in there.
And you're grunting.
You're-- I get more cardio than I've gotten in my life.
So my character is this crazy ball of energy that gets
super intense, like 1,000%.
I play Tyler, and he's kind of like a bully
to the main character and her friends.
Miriam is just an accelerated version of me.
She's just me on steroids.
And being able to tap into that was so fun for me.
Super excited-- we have a member of 4*TOWN, Disney
and Pixar's first boy band.
So being part of a boy band is, like, a dream come true.
I've always wanted this since I was a little kid.
When I found out that Billie Eilish and Finneas were
the ones who were writing the music and producing it,
I literally, like, was looking at my email, and I screamed.
[LAUGHS]
If you were to morph into any animal when you're excited,
what animal would that be?
I'm crazy cat lady.
I would be a giraffe.
I would love to be a crow.
Like a fish--
like a puffer fish.
Maybe I can make, like, a purple panda.
Red panda because then I become all fluffy.
Kangaroo.
I don't know, could be cool.
Maybe like a flamingo or something
because I'm so freaking tall.
[LAUGHS] Well, that was so much fun.
What an incredible experience getting to talk to the cast
and filmmakers of "Turning Red."
Be sure to check out Disney and Pixar's "Turning Red" now
streaming on Disney Plus.
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