REESE WITHERSPOON's animated debut, MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, has scared up a box office hit in the U.S. - her new film has opened with an impressive $58.2 million (£41.5 million).
Doing any animated flim is a different challange for any actor.Because tools like body movement, facial expressions and hand gestures are no longer available to sell a scene.Animation offers a world of opportunities: It is the film genre where animals can talk, toys come to life and even a petite Oscar-winning actress can become an all-powerful defender of the galaxy.
In the new movie "Monsters vs. Aliens,"Reese Witherspoon's one of the toughest action heroes to come along.
"I've been offered a lot of animated films. Sometimes, they were playing the girlfriend and sometimes the girl who got rescued by a guy. I just felt like this was the first opportunity that was presented to me where the woman was at the center of the movie,"Reese Witherspoon says during an interview at the Four Seasons Hotel last week.
In the new movie "Monsters vs. Aliens," Witherspoon's one of the toughest action heroes to come along.
Witherspoon's character is your typical bride-to-be until a close encounter with a meteor turns her into a super-strong giant.
"This is the first movie I have ever done that had this much action in it. I was thrilled, because I can't imagine any other world where that opportunity would present itself to me,"Reese Witherspoon says.
Resse Witherspoon says that there were recording sessions where she had to run in place, sound winded, make grunting and action-hero kinds of noises that proved physically taxing.
Director Conrad Vernon stresses Witherspoon was a trouper through the numerous recording sessions held over a two-year period.The most difficult part of directing Witherspoon was trying to get her to sound a little bit more like a superhero.
"They wanted me at the end of the movie to kind of talk with an action-star voice. That is not a voice I know or have in my repertoire. So they kept trying to coach me to be more like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone,"Reese Witherspoon says.
"She deepens her voice and says, "I am Ginormica!"
"They were like, 'No, that sounds like a robot,'" Witherspoon says.
She tries again, "I am Ginormica!"
The actress explains that after several such failed attempts during the recording session for the movie, the director actually told her to stop and drink some tea. Her voice sounded bad.This is Witherspoon's first animated film. Her co-stars are veterans.
The movie scored the top spot ahead of another debut, horror thriller The Haunting in Connecticut, which took the new number two spot with an opening weekend $23 million (£16.4 million) take.Nicolas Cage's Knowing drops to three from last week's top spot.
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