CHIP 'N DALE: RESCUE RANGERS Director Reveals Why Seth Rogen Had To Play A Bad CG Viking Dwarf (Exclusive)

CHIP 'N DALE: RESCUE RANGERS Director Reveals Why Seth Rogen Had To Play A Bad CG Viking Dwarf (Exclusive)

In this hilarious excerpt from our interview with Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers director Akiva Schaffer, the filmmaker explains how Seth Rogen ended up playing a scene-stealing bad CG Viking dwarf...

By JoshWilding - May 18, 2022 04:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Animated Features
Source: Toonado.com

In Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Chip and Dale are living amongst cartoons and humans in modern-day Los Angeles, but their lives are quite different now. It has been decades since their successful television series was cancelled, and when a former castmate mysteriously disappears, Chip and Dale must repair their broken friendship and take on their Rescue Rangers detective personas once again to save their old friend's life...all while crossing paths with some unexpected familiar (animated) faces.

When we caught up with director Akiva Schaffer, we had a few burning questions for the filmmaker, but the decision to cast Seth Rogen as a bad CG Viking dwarf was near the top of our list. It's a role the actor knocks out of the park, and it's never not funny to hear his voice come out of a character's mouth who instantly brings back memories of that weird mid-2000s realistic, but not quite believable VFX.

"Seth has a very good sense of humour as you might guess. It was not actually very difficult to talk him into that," Schaffer tells us in the video below when we asked how he enlisted Rogen for this animated role. "He wasn’t very vain in terms of how his character needed to look. That was actually the one piece of casting that was in the script. You know, sometimes you’ll read a script and to give you a shorthand for the reader, it will say, ‘Imagine Aubrey Plaza’ or something like that. It almost never becomes the person in the script, but when I first read the script written by Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, it was late 2018. The date on the script was 2016, so it had been in there forever."
 


"Just before we got greenlit, we had to make this two-minute proof of concept video to show off what the movie would be to prove it to ourselves and Disney. What would it look like to have all these different characters and styles in the real world interacting and touching? The scene we chose is that first scene with Seth Rogen with the Viking in the doorway," he continued. "[We] had to make that test, so I actually got Seth to come on and do that as a favour. I went to his office with a mic and recorded his lines. He did it script unseen, so when the movie came, I don’t know if he even read the whole thing [Laughs]. He did it as a pure favour to me! I hope likes it when he sees it."

If you've watched the trailer, you'll know this isn't Rogen's only role as he gets to tackle a couple of character's from his past as well. On paper, you might not think he's even close to being a good fit for a Viking dwarf, but it works insanely well in the movie, and the actor is a scene-stealer as a result.

The entire cast is on top form, though, and with John Mulaney and Andy Samberg playing the movie's leads (trust us, it works), you're in for a fun time when you check it out this coming Friday.

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers premieres on Disney+ on May 20.
 

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Fogs
Fogs - 5/18/2022, 4:11 PM
Funny trailer!

Inb4 someone mentioning She-Hulk should be in the film ahahahah
dragon316
dragon316 - 5/18/2022, 4:18 PM
Seth rogen plays all characters same stupid idiotic drunk and in drugs Vikings are known for being drunk that fits him
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 5/18/2022, 5:12 PM
@dragon316 - not all the characters he plays are the same. Stop watching his stoner movies.
tripttwe
tripttwe - 5/18/2022, 4:20 PM
I like the choice of dual animations for the little guys. I may catch this one of these days.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 5/18/2022, 4:31 PM
Imagine Aubrey Plaza'

Okay.
lordSTALE
lordSTALE - 5/18/2022, 4:33 PM

PhoenixBlade
PhoenixBlade - 5/18/2022, 4:41 PM
@lordSTALE -
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 5/18/2022, 5:16 PM
@lordSTALE - Beowulf, A Christmas Carol and Polar Express. Zemeckis mid- to late-2000s tenure sure was... interesting
generictheeric
generictheeric - 5/18/2022, 5:28 PM
@lordSTALE - I'll do you one better. WHY IS BEOWULF?
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 5/18/2022, 4:39 PM
Looking forward to this, by all accounts it sounds like a lot of fun.

Also, good for Rogen to get more voice-acting under his belt to prep for playing The Thing. *knock on wood*
Gizmoduck
Gizmoduck - 5/18/2022, 5:05 PM
@SerKurtWagner - wow if he got the thing i would just avoid it. I hate his voice so much, it ruined the lion king with him as pumba. I mean replacing Nathan Lane was one thing, but Eichner did a good job - but stoner idiot voice did not fit pumba at all, and with Sabella alive it made 0 sense to use rogen.

He is a great character for movies like pineapple express/neighbors/Superbad where he has to play a dumbass - because he doesn't have to reach for that. I haven't seen him in anything non stoner idiot related that I felt was any good.

They should get someone who intimidates you the way they look and sound without looking like the thing.
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 5/18/2022, 10:00 PM
@Gizmoduck - Definitely got to agree to disagree on that one. He's been my number one choice as Ben for year's. I think his voice is perfect - that low, raspy, comic thing. IMO, Ben is a guy who doesn't WANT to be a tough guy. He's a teddy bear, but he's strong enough to **** you up if you mess with his family. Rogen's gotten in great shape lately, and I absolutely think he can pull it off.

Plus, he's Jewish, and it would be nice to have an actor who can bring an authentic awareness to that side of the character.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 5/18/2022, 5:13 PM
Popstar is one of the best comedies in 15 years, I trust Lonely Island lol
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 5/18/2022, 5:21 PM
@bobevanz - still have to watch Hot Rod and Palm Springs though, but I sure do trust them too
RealTurner
RealTurner - 5/18/2022, 7:22 PM
That awkward moment when one character "got the CGI surgery" but both characters are CGI.
Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 5/18/2022, 8:41 PM
I did not get Disney Minus for moon knight but I'll be getting it for chip n Dale. That says a lot
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 5/18/2022, 9:01 PM
Where the hell are Jack and Gadget?
adamcawa
adamcawa - 5/19/2022, 9:16 AM
@TheFinestSmack - They are both in the other trailer; and... you'll have to watch the movie to find out more than that without getting into spoiler territory.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 5/18/2022, 9:04 PM
Very Roger Rabbit like style. I may see this one when it releases.
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