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Have any of the actors done any acting exercises to help them act like an animal? DAVID SCHWIMMER: When I studied, we did have a whole semester of playing animals – you had to go to the zoo and study an animal intensely for like 3 weeks. The first animal I chose was a penguin, because they always made me laugh. I didn’t get a chance to audition for that role in MADAGASCAR though! Tom, tell us more about fusing the actors and their characters? TOM McGRATH: What’s great about developing these characters is that we tape the actors while they’re doing their lines. So we get a lot of facial expressions that the animators can reference, and put them into the characters. Were any of you surprised when you saw this footage of yourselves doing all these expressions and gestures? BEN STILLER: Yeah, the microphone didn’t pick up any gestures [which he does a lot of], and then I noticed in the movie that they did put in a lot of hand gestures, probably to try and help my voice. But I hate seeing footage of myself doing this stuff, because while you’re doing it, you really want to get outside of thinking about what you look like. It looks really silly – especially scenes that are difficult to do – and you want to let go of that; it’s almost like seeing footage of yourself naked. It feels weird. DAVID SCHWIMMER: I had the same reaction; its very vulnerable, because you’re really going all-out and trying all sorts of stuff to get the sound effects, knowing what you’re doing is not going to be seen, and then to watch playbacks, it’s like Ben said, almost like seeing yourself naked in a certain position… Chris and Ben, give us the low-down on the special relationship your characters Marty and Alex share on screen? And also I believe that you’re going to be doing a film together in real life…tell us more about your special relationship? CHRIS ROCK: We are? BEN STILLER: That must have been a joke that we made which got out on the Internet and then of course it became ‘real’… CHRIS ROCK: We play golf together a lot…but I’ve known him a while… BEN STILLER: Yeah, we go back like 15 years, we’re the same age, we’re both from New York, both came up at the same time. We don’t hang out together (we live in different cities) but we know each other and when we do bump into each other we always have fun… CHRIS ROCK: We have a decent relationship! BEN STILLER: What was also really helpful and contributed to the film was the fact that we weren’t ever in the same place, so it was helpful to always have a reference point in your head of who you’re talking to. For all four actors: if you could be an animal, what would it be? JADA PINKETT SMITH: A black panther. BEN STILLER: I have no idea! I like whales, maybe like a blue whale, would be interesting, go deep… DAVID SCHWIMMER: It might be interesting to be something that flies, like an eagle or hawk. CHRIS ROCK: A cocker spaniel that bites J-Lo in the ass! Madagascar - movie information PHASE9 movie review Back to movie interviews |
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