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Chris Diamantopoulos ( The Sticky ) spoke with us about spokesperson acting , whether he has boundaries to beloved characters , biopics , and more .
Oscar Wildeonce said , " Imitation is the sincerest grade of flattery that averageness can pay to vastness . " It ’s something many thespian likeChris Diamantopouloshave done throughout his type in live - action and voice - over . Since his first appearance in 2000 , the actor has amassed over 125 credits to his name across movie and television bet a variety of smaller and larger roles likewise . One of the boldest decision is the current vocalisation of beloved Disney character Mickey Mouse ; he ’s also tackledMoe Howardin the 2012 reimagining ofThe Three Stoogesfrom theFarrelly Brothersand playedRobin WilliamsinBehind the Camera : The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy . While promote his Prime Video comedy heist seriesThe Sticky , Diamantopoulos spoke to Bleeding Cool about the challenges of being in front of the camera compared to behind the microphone ; if there are boundary , he wo n’t go for adult animated shows likeFamily Guyusing his Mickey Mouse voice ; and what he hope to cross off next for his acting pail list .
The Sticky Star Chris Diamantopoulos on Live-Action vs. Voice Acting, and If There Are Boundaries He Won’t Go for Comedy in Adult Animation
Bleeding Cool : As someone who lives regularly in both the live - natural action and voiceover man , do you feel at rest home or one or the other ? Is there an vantage to doing one or the other ? Do they come with their own set of challenge ?
That ’s a sound doubtfulness . I start on television when I was a kidskin doing commercial message and television in Canada . I chop-chop fine-tune to the stage , and I end up on Broadway for years , cut my tooth , check the trade , and then ending up back in tv set and flick . Eventually , I find my way into spiritedness , which represent beautiful freedom about how unforced you are to go to the edges of the malleability of your voice .
It can also be circumscribe in the sense you ca n’t use your body , grimace , or anything to verbalise what you require to convey other than your voice . There can be fourth dimension when a role is n’t as specifically draw or if a showrunner in an animated undertaking does n’t have a clear-cut visual modality as to what the character is going to be . It can get frustrating and challenge to try and find the subsist essence of a character only using your voice and a mike .
Conversely , on camera , I ’m a forcible actor . Top - to - tail , I forge with my human face , body , and voice , and there is a beautiful chance for me in every part to go away and become someone new , someone that you have n’t get word . There ’s also sort of a need to verify the grapheme is authentically portrayed , and I ’m doing incisively what needs to be done in the musical style and the piece . Today , finding roles to evaporate is getting more challenging . It ’s always fun to find something I can challenge myself with .
To utter of the experience of what you ’ve done in voiceover for a foresighted time , and the market fly high in the current age of streaming . We ’re seeing this deluge of grownup animation , and it ’s been proliferate over the preceding 20 eld . Some of the best exemplar of this are ' South Park , ' Seth MacFarlane ’s shows like ' Family Guy ' and ' American Dad , ' and I make out you ’re also doing Prime Video ’s ' Invincible . ' Do you feel like there ’s an added attribute and level as far as the options you have as a voiceover artist ? Do you draw close roles differently behind the mic , count on the demographic ?
I love animation in all shape . I ’m rosy enough to be the fifth soul in history to voice Mickey Mouse . If you want my vox populi on children ’s animation , that ’s probably the job of my lifespan . I fag out it like a badge of honor . I love to hold children in that regard , not only like Mickey Mouse but in other children ’s cartoons . It ’s wonderful to see their faces light up when they hear a voice that they tell apart . That ’s what got me want to do all this act , to start with . It was all Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner cartoons , Tom and Jerry , and Mickey Mouse . That ’s a real honor and a real thrill . Plus , with the kid ' stuff and nonsense , you get a hazard to do silly matter with your voice , whereas it ’s more of the animated stuff ; they tend to need to go more realistic .
That ’s not to say it ’s not fun . I ’m on [ an grownup animated ] show called ' line of Zeus , ' which is terrific on Netflix , and I get to do these keen character voices , stuff that I would jazz to do on camera , but that does n’t necessarily come to me as easily because I ’m playing British or something in that in that mental ability . Doing poppycock like ' unvanquishable . ' look , I love working on that show because I get to practice unaffected voice , but I also get to characters like Doc Seismic , where I get to contribute back some of my favorite puerility voices . My Doc Seismic vocalization , I ’m doing an homage to [ the late Chris Latta ’s ] Cobra Commander [ from ' G.I. Joe ' ] and Starscream [ from ' transformer ' ] .
Some of the takeoff shows , does it ever feel clumsy for you if you ’re asked to do a view against character as Mickey ?
That ’s interesting , particularly on theMacFarlaneshows ; I ’ve got to be careful . There are certain meter I ’ve order " No , " and I did n’t want to do a certain parody . The humor within those show is at this compass point it ’s become part of the urban lexicon . We recognise what that body fluid is , and there ’s for certain a place for it . It makes me laugh , but there are some things I just wo n’t touch . Not needs because I venerate them sometimes , but other time , I do n’t necessarily desire to do it .
I ’ve done some stuff on ' Solar Opposites . ' It ’s a similar , very acrid , and graphic sense of humour , and there ’s a place for it . It ’s a matter of your consolation grade with some of the stuff and nonsense they ’ve inquire me to say . It ’s far out there . You ’ve got to take everything with a grain of salinity and recognize that even though it might not be your cupful of tea , it ’s crucial to remember that comedy and a gumption of body fluid should be allowed to be free . That ’s what makes this all so great : we can say stuff we conceive is funny ; someone may disagree , and that ’s hunky-dory .
You ’ve done so much throughout your career . What is still on your acting bucket lean , and what do you require to tackle next ? Is there musical style work , natural endowment , or director you hope to work with in the time to come ?
I ’ve always need to mould with the superb Paul Thomas Anderson . I ’ve learn about his method and seen everything he ’s done probably ten time each . He ’s someone I would adore the opportunity to work with . I had a smashing fortune to work with the great George Clooney in a historical epic [ 2023 ’s ' The Boys in the Boat ' ] . I would love to do more body of work in the diachronic and biopic worlds .
I love being given the task of set out the personal identity of someone who once existed and morph into them , that ’s my sweet spot . It ’s how I got into fall in love with character work when I first did ' Behind the Camera : The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy ' [ 2005 ] and then , of course , ' The Three Stooges . ' While those are n’t necessarily the templates for biopics , they were an chance for me to exercise my endowment and desire to switch and shapeshift . I love to do more and more of that .
The Sticky , which also starsMargo MartindaleandGuillaume Cyr , is available on Prime Video .
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