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Getting back into the character of Po after such a length of
time wasn't difficult for Black. He just had to remember a few
things.
"I mean, I do have to prepare... remembering what it was like
when I was a kid and the things that I loved. What do I love as
much as Po loves Kung Fu? What did I love that much? And the
answer is 'The Six Million Dollar Man'. It was my favorite
show," Black told Reuters, referring to the 1970s series.
"There was a bionic man and I just loved that show. I watched it
once a week every week and I also loved 'The Hulk'... I would
pretend to be bionic and I would draw pictures of bionic man and
that's what Po is all about, that youthful enthusiasm. You can
hear it creeping into my voice already and it's as simple as
that, just remember your childhood exuberance."
"Kung Fu Panda 4" sees Po tasked with finding a successor to
become the next dragon warrior.
That successor comes in the form of the thieving fox Zhen,
voiced by Awkwafina, who agrees to help Po fight the
power-hungry Chameleon, voiced by Oscar winner Viola Davis.
"There is something that feels very relatable personally to her
so I feel like that probably is one of the closest to my
personality and voice that I've ever voiced in an animated
character," Awkwafina said in a joint interview with Black.
Black and Awkwafina are friends in reality so director Mike
Mitchell said he let them run away with their imaginations
during voice recordings.
"I knew they had this contentious chemistry with each other,
joking with each other all the time. So I'm like, let's just
make them into cartoon characters and do that so when they're
behind the mic, I really just stay out of the way," he said.
"Kung Fu Panda 4" hits U.S. cinemas on Friday.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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