Zachary Levi talks Disney’s Rapunzel

Zachary Levi (from Chuck!) recently was interviewed over at Collider, and he talked a little about his role in Disney’s upcoming Rapunzel, where his voice will star along with Mandy Moore in what will be the 50th animated feature from animated in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. Along with some highlights of that interview, I also added some concept art that I had posted back in July over at BSC-proper.

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Levi states that his character is a bandit, named Flynn Ryder. When asked about the vocie he’d use he mentioned this:

It’s funny because when I auditioned for the part, he was supposed to be British and I auditioned with a British accent. And I got the job and was like, “Sweet! I get to do something outside of the box.” And then, they decided, “No, we’re not going to make him British. We’re just going to do your voice. Just do what you do.” And, I was like, “But, I don’t wanna do that!”

Now, Rapenzel goes back to Brothers Grimm, and is Disney is the King of mining and adapting this type of material. Levi was asked about the type of adaptation we should expect–whethrr it would be ‘traditional’ or not/

Yeah, kind of. It’s funny, I’ve seen some blogs and things with people freaking out because they’re like, “They’re going to make her action Barbie Rapunzel,” and that’s really not the case. As far as I’m concerned, John Lasseter is one of the most genius guys on the planet. He has done no wrong at Pixar, and it’s because he really knows how to make amazing movies.

You can read the full interview over at Collider. They also have a very cool image that I hadn’t seen before:

We should be getting Rapunzel during the next Holiday season!