![]() ![]() any time, I would have to move and they were moving and I am following them. What was the hardest scene with the Lee:Like in the kitchen. It was kinda tough, but no complaints, I mean I had a great time. Literally most of the time I had nothing and I would have to place eye-line always in three different places always about this high above where they would be standing or sitting. It all depended on the camera angle, really. I had stuffed animals, if the chipmunks were off-camera or tape-marks. Was it difficult having your main co-stars being computer Lee:Yeah, at first it was really tedious and frustrating, because I didn't have anything to work with. I just bought a house, so I have to try to find some work. and then the actor's strike can Lee:Yeah, there's that and I can't shave anymore. Cause they can call us back to My Name Is Earl at any time. It would have to be a week here, a week there. If there's no more season, the strike goes on until April or whatever, it ends at a good place fortunately, luckily.Īre you allowed to talk about Lee: Not really, but it's not an "oh crap, what are were going to do now?" It resolves something something gets resolved at least, so if the season in fact ends then, it's not going to be a bad thing.Īre you worried about how long the strike will Lee:Yeah, I mean I can do movies maybe that have already been written, but I can't do anything for months at a time. Where did the story leave Lee:Well, it's good. So are you guys still working right Lee:No, we had two pre-strike episodes that we filmed, that we wrapped a week ago, week-and-a-half, and now we're all just kind of on standby. we work 12 and shoot an episode in 5 days, so it's tough cause we have to squeeze six pages a day and shoot an episode in 5 days, but I have no complaints. I don't know how the one-hour shows handle it cause they only have like a month off every year and they work 16-hours a day. How long was the shoot Lee:It was only 43 days and I still had 2-and-a-half months off, because we are a half-hour show so we have a 5 month hiatus, which is pretty exciting. I was able to shave and I was done with that. How does this work with your schedule with the Lee:I've filmed this like 3 weeks after I wrapped season two of Earl, so it worked out perfectly. Tried to keep in likable and the payoff great at the end when he finally comes around and saves the boys. but he treats them like kids and just sort of approached it like that. But no, I was just approaching the way I would any other character and where Dave's starting, and where does he get to and how does it all work out in the middle. We got the chance to speak with Jason at the press junket for 20th Century Fox's Alvin and the Chipmunks and here is what he had to say about the movie, as well as his popular television series My Name Is Earl:Īny pressure playing Dave, because Ross (Baddasarian Jr.) is so literately available Lee:No, no pressure. ![]() From the moment they sprung into being, the creative brainchild of singer/songwriter Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., the 'Munks' catchy sound has been a pop culture mainstay, for both young and old. The producers are Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., son of Alvin and the Chipmunks creator Ross Bagdasarian, and his wife Janice Karman.Īlvin and the Chipmunks have been wreaking havoc for Dave Seville - and delighting audiences around the world - for nearly 50 years, in various incarnations. Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties helmer Tim Hill directs from a screenplay by The Simpsons veteran Jon Vitti and Will McRobb & Chris Viscardi ( The Tale of Despereaux). The film stars Jason Lee ( My Name Is Earl) as Dave Seville, David Cross ( Arrested Development), rising star Cameron Richardson, and as the voices of Alvin, Simon and Theodore, Justin Long ( Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Live Free or Die Hard), Matthew Gray Gubler ( Criminal Minds, RV) and actor-pop sensation Jesse McCartney. Songwriter Dave Seville transforms singing chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore into pop sensations - while the out-of-control trio lays waste to Dave's home, wreaks havoc on his career, and turns Dave's once-orderly life upside-down. Jason Lee talks about working with a CGI animal cast along with the status of My Name is EarlĪlvin and the Chipmunks, a global phenomenon to generations of fans, becomes a live action/CGI motion picture event with a contemporary comic sensibility. ![]()
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