EW sat down with the pair to talk about the movie and being transformed into a pint-size troll doll.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Who wants to summarize the plot?
ANNA KENDRICK:The trolls are the happiest creatures in the world.
Credit: DreamWorks Animation
They have been living in peace and safety for 20 years.
Theyve gotten really comfortable with that.
Poppy, my character, is the queen of the trolls.
KENDRICK:Hes just in a bad mood.
Hes got bad hair.
TIMBERLAKE:Hes got digestive problems, probably.
You find out later in the movie why [hes so cranky].
And as it turns out he was right.
KENDRICK:So I seek out Branch to help me rescue my friends, and he doesnt want to.
So I hear they build things with their hair?
KENDRICK:Its like a monkeys tail.
They can use it for extra stuff.
I make it into stairs.
Its also like Hermiones bag inHarry Potterwhere it can hold anything.
TIMBERLAKE:I actually use my hair as a weapon numerous times in the movie.
Its like Indiana Jones whip.
Did you have any input on how your troll looked?
Did they try and look like you?
KENDRICK:I hope not, because the troll heads are maybe twice the size of their bodies.
So I hope the physical traits are not inspired by me.
Why did you want to do this movie?
KENDRICK:It was basically the pitch.
TIMBERLAKE:The old [Jeffrey] Katzenberg pitch.
I think thats kind of the reaction we had, where it was like Theyre making a trolls movie?
Whats that gonna be?
Then so much creativity got put into this, and its so unique.
The animation is like nothing Ive seen before.
And theres new music, including Justins summer hit, Cant Stop the Feeling.
Theres another one that the cast ofTrollssings.
Then, in the movie, theres a cast version of Cant Stop The Feeling.
Can you describe the look of the film?
TIMBERLAKE:I was really taken aback when I first saw it.
This looks different, like, how did they figure out more colors?
KENDRICK:How did they invent more colors?
Thats how I felt aboutTrolls.
Like where you get the feeling you want to reach out and touch the characters.
It feels so tactile.
