“Star Wars” creator George Lucas has reportedly scored a voice role in the upcoming “Minions & Monsters” movie at Universal Pictures and Illumination reports ABC News.
Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri spoke with Collider about getting Lucas involved, revealing that the filmmaker is a huge fan of Illumination’s movies – especially of the Minions.
He says he met Lucas two years ago, where Lucas himself explained his love of the “Despicable Me” franchise and the yellow creatures. Meledandri says:
“It was such a thrill to learn that and then to share it with the team, because obviously he’s among a very small group of people who the entire studio shares a level of respect for that is just off the charts.”
The studio then came up with the idea of a character that Lucas could play and spoke with the filmmaking team about getting Lucas involved:
“An idea for a character came up out of the story, and so I said to Pierre [Coffin], who co-wrote the movie with Brian Lynch, and Bill Ryan, who produces with me on the film, and I just said, ‘Well, what if we could get George?’ And they’re like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ I had no idea, but I got such a fast yes. It was incredible. So, we’re thrilled to have him in the film. I saw him recently, and he’s already talking to me about the role he wants to do next in the next Minions movie. So, it’s pretty incredible.”
Lucas did his voice recording session in Paris and his cameo is said to also feature an animated version of legendary actor/director Orson Welles.
“Minions & Monsters” opens in cinemas next month.
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