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Directors Examine Animated Characters From a Sentient Robot to a Villainous Penguin
Directors Examine Animated Characters in films including 'Flow,' 'Inside Out 2,' 'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' and 'The Wild Robot'
Twins Charlie (voiced by Sienna Sayer) and Sam (Zazie Hayhurst) — from the “The Empty Stocking,” the first book of Richard Curtis’ trilogy on which the Locksmith and Netflix movie is based — required a design “that would allow us to perform two identical-looking characters in a completely opposite but believable way, while also creating kids that were inherently charming and sweet,” says director Simon Otto. Stop-motion protagonist Grace — made from materials including polymer clay, plasticine, silicone, wire, metal armatures, paint and magnets — was designed to look “squat,” says “Memoir of a Snail” writer/ director Adam Elliot. Chris Hemsworth (Optimus Prime) and Bryan Tyree Henry (Megatron) are two of the most charming people on Earth … and we worked together to find the exact moments in the story where the changes in their voice would happen and how much, so that the tension rises and we feel the relationship begin to crumble.”
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