Oscar-winning animator Nick Park has criticised movie studios for making films “bland” by signing big name celebrities to voice roles. The Wallace And Gromit creator has cast British stars Tom Hiddleston, Eddie Redmayne and Maisie Williams in voice roles in his new big screen comedy adventure Early Man. But the director, 59, told the Press Association too many films were hiring celebrities with no voice talent to bring characters to life as a “marketing exercise”. Tom Hiddleston, Nick Park, Maisie Williams and Eddie Redmayne attending the Early Man premiere (Ian West/PA)“It’s always important that their voices are really special for the characters,” he said of how he “hand-picked” the voice cast for Early Man. The Shaun The Sheep creator said of the inspiration for movie: “Prehistoric landscapes was somewhere we hadn’t been before as a studio.

Source: Evening echo January 14, 2018 17:03 UTC