Hello, Hello, how are you doing? My goodness sakes, it's such
an honor to spend some time with you. Good. I gotta question you
on on what took so long for this movie, because I have been such
a fan of Baby Shark, mainly because I'm a mobile entertainer and we've been
playing this song over and over again at weddings. Well, you know,
it takes a long time to make a movie come to life, and there's
so many moving pieces, and I think especially is the case for an animated
film, because there is we got the script, and then you have the
storyboard artists, and then you have the voiceover artists, and so it is,
and then the cast itself, I think is so incredible and I feel
honored to be a part of it. But a bunch of busy people and
trying to get their schedules together to schedule the voiceover sessions. So I think
there's so many pieces that come together to make a movie like this finally be
ready to share with the world. And so they finally did it, and
where it's time, The time is here. You're so right about that,
because you know what, in all honesty, it now becomes more than just
a kid's movie. It's a family movie because everybody knows about Baby Shark.
Absolutely absolutely. I think there's something in this film for everyone. You know,
the kids of course are going to enjoy it, but I think the
adults in parents wille as well. And that's what's so cool about such a
film like this is not just for not just for the kids, where the
parents have to sit through be grudgingly and go, okay, is this almost
over? And there's a storyline with this too, with Starryana the evil pop
starfish. I just want to have some evil music. Yeah, it's gonna
be it's gonna be a good time, and we got it. We can't.
Let's starry on a win, of course, you know. But but
you know what's really interesting about that is the fact that we all go through
those things that that Baby Shark is going to go through in the way that
somebody else has a power that we wish we had. And then you sit
there and you study them and you go, wait a second, they they're
doing it all wrong. I want to get harmony back into the entire community
again, right right. I mean, it's well, we need we need
the baby Sharks in the world. People who are going to look around and
say, hey, this is not right, and we got to we want
we want peace, we want good things for everybody. And so Baby Shark
is special in that way and this movie we're so glad he led that charge.
The stages that you've performed on because I mean, you've you've got Saturday
Night Live with with improv as well as well written scripts. And now you
go into the world of animation. What is it like to be in the
studio where you have to envision this character coming to life. It's a good
time. It's get to have your your imagination, let your imagination soar,
and get paid to do that. Yeah, it's it's you know you read
this. I read the script and I was reading about Leah and what the
the filmmakers imagined Leo was like, and I thought, okay, this is
then my job is to go, Okay, how do I think this person
sounds? What's their general I know who Rivee is and I know what they
end up saying in the film, but how do they sound? And that
was a big joy for me to get to figure out exactly what Leah sounds
like. She sounds like a character I like to do anyway, which is
a fun loving, you know, truly fun loving life of the party is
how I keep describing her. But it's cool to make that voice come to
life. Well, when you've got Nickelodeon involved and you've got Baby Shark in
the circle as well, that means that there's gonna be some merchandise going on
here. Are we going to see a little stuffed animal of Leah? I
don't know if their plans to make a stuffed in of Leah, but if
there are, I want one. I've got cool about those plans. But
my goodness, that'd be really freaking cool. Will you get to play with
this on Saturday Night Live in any way, because I would love to see
you next to Colin Joe's just talking about this all decked out somehow some way,
you know. I well, I don't know. I don't have any
plans to oct but you've given and if I do, I'll give you writer
credit. You're in such an age of a golden new television and entertainment,
and that's what's so fascinating. And I'm so jealous of the actors and the
writers right now because the stage is there, it's yours, Grab it,
and it seems like you're doing exactly that you're saying. I'm gonna play,
I'm gonna have a good time doing all this. Yeah, I mean I'm
having and that's the goal. I mean, if you're doing this job and
you're not having fun, you gotta wonder I must be doing something wrong or
my perspective might need to shift. And so, yeah, you pursue a
job in this industry hopefully because it's fun and something you're passionate about. And
so I am making sure to enjoy the fruits of that decision. To be
in this industry and get to perform for a living is self. Is what
a fortunate honor truly. Truly, with Baby Shark, big movie coming out,
like I mentioned before that that one song has with us for all these
years, are there other songs that we're gonna get that we're going to finally
fall in love with as well? There are other songs in the film.
Yes, I think other songs might be strong contenders to be on the Way
Sharks primary song is, but I won't spoil it with any surprise. I
won't spoil you with right now with any snippets. So to put the put
your lines together, did you get to work with the actors in the studio
or was it pretty much like what most of us do as voiceover actors.
We step in, we listen to our directors, and then when we get
to see the movie, it's like, oh my god, that's Hollywood magic.
Yeah. The latter, I would say, you know, we all
recorded and we've we've recorded our own sessions and you know, listen to the
director and got that feedback in real time based on what we were doing,
and then they piece it all together like it it really is magical. Now
ergo you being a part of the Nickelodeon family, Now that means somewhere along
the line, you're gonna have to get slimed. I mean that's addition,
you got to get slimed. I'm here for it. I would love to
get slid. That was like what childhood dreams are made of. Here,
I would please. Now, where can moms and dads go to find out
more about about Baby Shark big movie? Is it just on the Nickelodeon side?
I mean, where where can they go? Because I want people to
fall in love with this production. Yeah, Baby Shark is coming out Friday,
December eighth, at noon on Plus it's streaming, so you can watch
from the comfort of your home and if you want, I mean, better
than spoiling it with any sort of hints. I'm like, truly, just
tune in. We want you to tune in and enjoy this. Now,
what did you learn from this project? Because I mean you you being inside
the world that you are. Every every job or project is going to be
a learning experience. Yeah, well, I learned a lot about my own
voice acting capabilities and that I truly look silly in a voiceover booth come active.
But also, you know what's cool about Baby Shark is he's going outside
of his comfort box excuse me, comfort zone, going outside of the box
of what he's used to, and that's something I think we could all benefit
from. He's going to a new city and is going to learn about himself
and what ways he can grow. And I think that's what's important, is
that we're constantly growing, constantly stepping outside of our comfort zones and expanding our
horizon. Yeah, and Baby Shark deals with something that a lot of kids
do, and I hope that they learn from this that when you do go
into another city, your friends don't get to come with you all the time.
But but I'm sure there's going to be a very valuable lesson that kids
are going to learn from this, that you know, you can still be
good friends from from you know, in a distant place. Absolutely absolutely echo.
You got to come back to this show anytime in the future. The
door is always going to be open. You are just somebody that I've always
enjoyed watching on television late at night, and it's just I just to see
you expand it's just just mind blown to me. Thank you, Thank you
so much. I really appreciate that. Well you be, you'd be brilliant
today. Okay, you take care.