Now that
Kung Fu Panda
spots are running at AMC theaters,
Jack Black has
gotten to see that people like his latest character. He wasn’t sure at first and
almost turned down the animated movie.
"I remember at the time when they were like, ‘Will you do
this?’" Black recalled. "I was like, ‘I don’t like the idea, I don’t think it’s
going to be good, but alright let’s do it.’ And then I did it and was like,
‘That was good. That was funny.’ I’m glad that you’ve heard people like it.
That’s good. I have not heard any trickle down from that."
Now that final animation is being shown, Black feels good
about his panda alter ego. "Strong. Solid. Well built. I’ve seen like, I’d say
60% of it done. The animation is still being tweaked. I’m going to do a little
more vocal work tomorrow actually."
Viewers will recognize Black’s voice as he’s not putting on
any funny accent, and they may even see some of his own kung fu moves. "In the
last cartoon I did my character [Shark
Tale‘s Lenny] had an accent. In this one, no. I get really physical
because they have cameras there, but they just use it as reference, not as
motion capture."
