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‘The Wild Robot’ Director Chris Sanders & Stars Lupita Nyong’o, Mark Hamill On Creating “Homage To Motherhood” – Contenders Los Angeles
Interview with 'The Wild Robot' voice stars Mark Hamill and Lupita Nyong’o and director Chris Sanders for Deadline's Contenders Los Angeles awards-season event.
In working with casting director Christi Soper, Sanders spoke about the decision to entrust Nyong’o to bring the motherly robot to life. Star Wars legend Mark Hamill, who voices a grizzly named Thorn in Wild Robot, also was on the panel and talked about why he enjoys working on toons. I went to Broadway to try to get character parts and did seven shows, but when I came back and got into the animation role, I think the real turning point for me was the Joker, because people would stop you in the grocery store.
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