This
past weekend, co-directors Kris Pearn and Cody Cameron, as well as stars Bill
Hader, Anna Faris and Terry Crews talked about the upcoming sequel, Cloudy with
a Chance of Meatballs 2.
“Question:
A lot of animated films have sequels and obviously you’re taking a different
direction as new directors. What were some of the pitfalls you wanted to
avoid when it came to telling this story in an animated form?
Kris Pearn: We definitely wanted to find an
organic way to grow the characters through not repeating the same ideas that we
had in the first film. At the very beginning of our process, we decided
to try a different genre of film. The first movie was a disaster movie
where stuff was going to fall on their heads. This was really about
what’s in the shadows and playing the monster movie angle. That gave us a
new tone that we could build off of, and it also allowed us to find new
creative opportunities for the characters to respond to things. That was
one of our footholds at the beginning, but it allowed us to push forward.
Is
there anything about your particular characters that may have changed from the
first movie?
Cody Cameron: (joking) No. (laughs)
The
relationship is different now between your two characters, isn’t it?
Bill Hader: (joking) No.
Yeah. It’s different. Our animated characters have a
relationship. It’s very intense.
Anna Faris: It is maybe important to have that
association so the characters remain consistent. I think I have a bit
more of a crush on Flint than last time.
Hader: Yeah. Flint’s now realizing that
he might be taking her for granted. Dummy!
Faris: Yeah, it happens.
Pearn: One of the things we did is we took
Flint being the only guy in his home town to have a lab coat, and we put him
into a world where he was one of thousands of people. We graduated him
into a high school situation. For us, it was like going to art college.
Hader: It’s just like my life.
…
Do
you have any regrets leaving SNL?
Hader: I wanted to live in California. I
have a family. My wife is a director, so she was constantly coming out to
L.A. It was more about moving to California, and then it just seemed like
maybe now was the right time to go. But it hasn’t hit me. It’ll hit
me when they come back in September. That’s what everyone told me.
Amy Poehler said it’s like watching your own funeral. (laughs)
…
For
Terry, you have the Expendables movies for grown-ups and the Cloudy movies for kids. How do you live
in both these worlds?
Terry Crews: My whole career is basically a
Harlem shake video. Hey man, I do it all, brother. I have no
issues. You’re talking about Mr. T, man. He did the first
one. And my family and I, I have five kids and a grandbaby, we loved the
first one. I still got the lunchbox so I went from there to here.
One thing I have to say, the relationship between Earl and Cal is something
super special to me because I have an 8-year-old son, and when you see an
African American character animated, and he’s such an integral part of what’s
going on, it was so fun and he has some great lines. I mean, my son and I
went home from that movie like “Wow!” And then to get a call and you’re
Earl! My son was all over the couch like, “Dude, don’t mess this up!
Don’t mess this up!” “Okay! Okay!” Pressure!
Cameron: It puts a lot of pressure on us, too.
…
Did
Terry’s role is Everybody
Loves Chris have any
influence in shaping the casting of the character that he plays?
Pearn: As far as the casting of Terry, it was
the body aura coming. I love the Old Spice commercials.
Hader: Oh my God! Idiocracy!
Crews: I still got it!
Pearn: He can literally make his chest hair
bounce. Can’t you? You’ve done it for us.
Hader: It’s like he’s Earl come to life.
And then, Idiocracy 2. That’s so fucking funny!
Pearn:: Goddamn it, that is funny!
Cameron: It was natural.
Crews: We need a Camacho movie. We know
we need a Camacho movie. Sorry! Shameless plug!”
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