**Disney provided an all-expense paid trip for me to cover this event, all opinions are 100% my own **
While at the amazing Disney Toon Studios we got the chance to sit down and chat with, Raymond Persi, who Story Artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios and he is also the voice of “Flash” in Zootopia. Raymond Persi grew up in hills California right above DisneyToon Studios, growing up his dream was to one day work there and he eventually got to. Raymond is currently a story artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios, he has worked on Wreck-it Ralph, Frozen, and then the two shorts Get a Horse and Feast. Raymond is also a voice for quite a few characters from Disney films and shorts.
Raymond told us that one of the great things about working for Disney is that when the films are being made, they will get to do the “rough versions of them first, and sometimes we don't know who's going to be cast yet, or we don't even know if that character will stay in past one screening of the film. So they bring a lot of the different people in the studio to do scratch voices. It's called just a temporary voice, just to tell the story. And every now and then, we keep some of those voices in”.
Some of Raymond’s test “scratch” voices made it into the films, including, Gene, the little jerk from Wreck It Ralph, and the Zombie, along with the little jerky horn from the short Get A Horse. On Frozen, he got to play a guy who, had one line, but his wife called after he said, Come on. Hurry up, Persi. Raymond thought that was pretty cool because that's was his name.
****Disney is providing an all-expense paid trip for me to cover this great event ****
On a cold and rainy
day here in Philadelphia I was greeted with a sunny amazing email from Disney,
I was being told I was invited to the Red Carpet premiere of Alice Through the
Looking Glass! I tried as best as I could to not jump up and down, I had to be
professional I was at work at the time! But I did do a little dance and a
silent squeal of joy at my desk. I will go on an amazing Alice Through the Looking Glass adventure from May 22nd –May 24 to cover the release of Walt
Disney Studios’ Alice Through the
Looking Glass, in theaters everywhere on May 27th!
I will be walking the
amazing red carpet for this spectacular event! The RED CARPET! What awesome
thing, I cannot wait.I have been an
Alice in Wonderland fan since I was a little girl, I could relate with a girl
who was different and had different dreams than others.Along with the red carpet premiere we will
also be interviewing some of the talent and the filmmakers. I do not know who
they interviewees will be as of yet, but I will share as soon as I know.
“Alice Through
the Looking Glass” reunites the all-star cast from the worldwide
blockbuster phenomenon, including: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia
Wasikowska and Helena Bonham Carter along with the voices of Alan
Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall.
We are also introduced to several new characters: Zanik Hightopp (Rhys Ifans),
the Mad Hatter’s father and Time himself (Sacha Baron Cohen), a peculiar
creature who is part human, part clock.
While we are there we will have a special press day for the in-Home release of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia! Zootopia will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on June 7th.
At this press day we will interview members of the creative team behind the making of the movie including Directors Byron Howard & Rich Moore and Raymond Persi (Story Artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios and the voice of “Flash”) and get a chance to step into the recording booth and voice a character from the film! I was very fortunate to be able to voice Olaf from Frozen a few years ago that was such a fun experience.
I hope I can do a better job this time, let’s just say voice acting for animations is not one of my strongest points, but it was super fun. I hope I get to voice Flash, that would be.......................sooooo………………………………..cool.My family and I were huge fans of Zootopia, and I am looking forward to chatting with the creators of this fun movie. Be sure to get you copy, and Pre-Order Zootopia on Amazon today.
Our hotel will be the Sheraton Universal this is a great hotel, in a lovely location. I am so excited to be able to go on this fun journey. Be sure to follow along with me on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to follow along live from the red carpet, and information about this fantastic family movie, Alice Through the Looking Glass along with the fun coverage of the home release of Zootopia! I will have more info about this event soon!
Follow along with the special hashtags, #ThroughTheLookingGlassEvent and#ZootopiaBluray. Stay tuned I will have more information about the trip soon!
Alice Through the Looking Glass opens in theaters everywhere on May 27th!
Zootopia Blu-ray and DVD Arriving on June 7th!
Do you have any questions you would like me to ask the stars of Alice Through the Looking Glass?
Or any questions for the creative team behind Zootopia?
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