Perhaps one of the most impressive aspects of John Krasinski’s upcoming film is IFit’s the all-star voice cast he’s put together for him.
The multi-switch has stopped The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday to discuss the project, and the evening host couldn’t lend a hand but ask how the writer-director managed to get major stars to take part in the project.
“I must admit that this film received the most ‘yes’ in my career and the fastest, because everyone loves the idea of imagination and returning to childhood,” Krasiński said.
Discussing Ice Cube, voiced by Bradley Cooper, Composed place star explained, “I don’t know why, when I created this guy, I thought, ‘He’s from Philly and he’s kind of upset that he lives in Arizona.'”
Jimmy Fallon then pulled out a photo of Blake Lively’s character, which Krasinski explained is “a cat who overcomes his fear of water so he dresses like an octopus.” He joked that he used “emotional blackmail” to get money. gossip Girl the star will join the film, which also stars her husband, Ryan Reynolds.
“I thought, ‘Everyone does it’.” Office said the actor. “It was nice that she jumped on board.”
As for perhaps one of the most impressive guest stars yet IF, Today’s performance the host was surprised when George Clooney volunteered to be the voice of Spaceman.
“It’s kind of a deep-cut Easter egg,” Krasiński joked. “It’s his character Seriousness in my head that he’s still floating.”
Emily Blunt, Steve Carrell, Matt Damon, Jon Stewart, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Maya Rudolph, Sam Rockwell, Louis Gossett Jr., Sebastian Maniscalco, Chris Meloni, Richard Jenkins and Awkwafina round out the fantasy film’s voice cast.
The Jack Ryan star collaboration with The Ides of March The star goes back more than a decade to when she starred in Clooney’s 2008 film Leather. In fact, Ticket to paradise the actor was the first person to think of it Something borrowed the star will direct one day.
“He took me out to dinner while we were filming Leather, and he showed me a drawing: “This is what I’m going to photograph tomorrow.” I will put cameras here,” he recalled. “And I said, ‘That’s amazing.’ Why are you telling me this?’ And he said, “Well, you’re not just going to be an actor, are you?” You’re going to direct. And I said, “Pfft, yeah.” I have no idea. He did it before me.
Elsewhere in the conversation, Krasinski explained that he came up with the idea for the film about 10 years ago, but only started writing it during the Covid-19 pandemic, when he felt that he and Emily Blunt’s children needed it. He said that he watched their daughters disappear into this magical world that their parents were not allowed to enter, and over time they did it less and less often.
“It wasn’t just the joy on their faces, but how genuine they were. They could be anything they wanted to be in this world, and I said, ‘Em, that would be a great movie,'” he recalled. “It was actually only during the pandemic that I noticed that their delicate was starting to dim and they started playing less and less imaginary games. The world started to come into view and I thought, “Oh my God, this is the definition of growing up.” So they asked, “Will everything be okay?” And I said, “That’s it.” I’m writing this film right now to prove to you that the magical world is always present and you can always return to it.’”
IF will hit theaters on May 17.
