We talked about her possibly having cowboy swagger, like a female John Wayne, Goodwin says.
And so I dropped everything and tried to make her bouncy and reactive.
Judy just sounds like me.
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In fact, Goodwin shares more than a vocal chord with Judy.
The actresss go-go-go attitude aligns nicely with the speedy rabbits chronic impatience.
Without even thinking about it, I just found myself speeding up.
The slower they spoke, the more quickly I needed to.
I was pulling my hair out.
And that ended up being what was used.
Howard describes the link between actress and character thusly: Ginnifer has this very pure core to her.
Well, maybe noteaglescout.
Some folks were, Well, should it be a rabbit and a fox?
Should it be a tiger and a gazelle?
Should it be a bigger animal and a smaller animal?
Theyre small animals in a world full of much larger… dangerous animals.
Plus, it doesnt hurt that Judy and Nick are already so Disney-ready cute.
They know what to do with the character to achieve maximum cute appeal.
In fact, we had to pull them back.
Sometimes she was a little too cute, where she started to lose some of her determination.
Shes just unpromisingly sweet, says Goodwin.
If I had little girls, I would kill for Judy Hopps to be their role model.
And I would kill for Judy to be my boys role model, too.
