You know, it’s one of those jobs where you kinda think, “Oh, how hard can that be.”
But they really do put you through it.
Oh, oh dear. I have never begun a recording
session without wishing it was already over.
Because understand, Woody is clenched, all
the time. He’s clenched. There is something
he’s gotta explain, or, “Come on, guys!”
or “No, no, no, no, look out, look out,
look out! This way, this way.” It’s all
that, and you can’t move, the microphone
is right there, and you can’t move and you
have to be like this. And it’s like...!
And then they save the last thing for you,
usually at the end of a very long work day,
is the grunts.
Yeah.
And they will show you an animatic of Woody
climbing up a bunch of books onto a thing
and say, “OK, could you do grunts of climbing
up?” OK, alright. *grunts*
That’s impressive.
That is very good.
That is legitimately how Tom was made.
Yep.
Same way.
And then you have to do the coming down. Dah
do duh gra daa ughblurr. You have to do the
come down as well.
You do the come down as well.
I think they are gleeful at making you ring
every possible meaning from a line. When you’re
in like, as a young actor, ‘repetitions’,
the exercise ‘repetitions’, where you
have a very simple cue and a very simple line.
And the cue might be, “Would you like some
more coffee?” And the line you have to say
is, “Coffee, you think I want more coffee?
Boy do I need more coffee.” So if you would
say, “Coffee, do I want coffee? Boy do I
need more coffee.” Ok? And you’re going
to say it every conceivable way you can.
Sure.
And all I’m gonna say is…
Let’s do this.
“Would you like more coffee?” “Would
you like more coffee?” Coffee, coffee, boy
do I need more coffee.
Oh! Coffee, coffee, boy do I need more coffee.
Good, thank you. Would you like some more
coffee?
Coffee, coffee, boy do I need more coffee.
Try it with a little more something to it
because we need - this is a big, important
scene. Cus King Kong is out front and he’s
gonna smash the building.
OK. Yes Tom Hanks.
Would you like some more coffee?
Coffee, coffee, please, Sir, I need some more
coffee.
Good, let’s try it again.
Would you like some more coffee?
Coffee, coffee, please, Sir, I need some more
coffee.
Would you like some more coffee?
Coffee, coffee, please, Sir, come on, I need
some more coffee.
Would you like some more coffee?
Coffee, please, Tom Hanks, get me some coffee!
And that’s, that’s what it is like. Bravo,
by the way, that was absolutely - you know
how to do it. You know how it works.
Why did you do that in an American accent?
I don’t know. I can’t act in an English
accent anymore.
Yeah.
I did a commercial the other day as Tom Holland
and I was like, “Hey guys, how you doin’?”
And they’re like, “You’re from Kingston,
by the way.”
