Elizabeth Banks over haar rol in Happytime Murders

RDJ134 19 juli 2018 om 17:37 uur

Nu klinkt de titel The Happytime Murders als een b-movie met een uitgebluste actie held. Maar in deze film leven mensen en poppen (denk aan Sesamstraat en The Muppets) naast elkaar en worden de laatst genoemde vermoord door iemand of meerder personen. Dus gaan een politie duo bestaand uit een mens en een pop opzoek naar de daders. Zoals je eerder in de trailer kan zien zijn deze poppen zeer grof gebekt, gebruiken drugs, neuken er op los en zijn totaal gestoord. De website Collider had een interview met Elizabeth Banks over haar rol en daar over kan je hier onder een stukje lezen.


Question: Who do you play in this?

ELIZABETH BANKS
: Jenny is a bit of a femme fatale, and she was the only human member of The Happytime Gang. She was in love with a young Phil, when he was just a beat cop and the first puppet ever to be admitted to the LAPD. They had a romantical thing. And then, it cuts to 12 years later and The Happytime Gang has been disbanded. We are being hunted and murdered, one by one, and no one really knows why.

Is it weird to be in an R-rated movie with puppets?

BANKS
: The amazing thing about working with puppets is that you really feel connected to them. They're real actors. They're great performers. They are really and truly hilariously funny. They have great bits that they've all been perfecting over the many, many, many, many years that they've been doing this art form. They have a great rapport. They are always are in character. Their puppet is just an extension of themselves, as an actor, so you have real emotional moments with these puppets. It's amazing! It's thrilling and really fascinating.

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