"They said, 'What if we pulled back and went down this other avenue?' We made Li more childlike. But (the directors) hit the pause button," Cranston says. Li transformed to a goofy, party-loving character similar to his son. But as the character evolved with Cranston, the directors found his comedic ability was working far better. The filmmakers had planned to make Po's long-lost biological father a stern, stony figure. "I was thinking that I might not ever eat apple turnovers again watching that. There were too many takes to eat them," Nelson says.
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"Jack was stuffing the turnovers in his mouth, doing the lines with his mouth full and then dropping them into a trash can. But during scenes where Po is actually eating his dumplings, Black went for food that sounded different - apple turnovers, which had the right amount of "squidge" effect for the scene, Nelson says. Naturally, there are dumplings on hand at the studio for meals. So when he kicked, this flaccid sock would flap around. "One time he even loosened his sock just to be funny. "Jack makes these kung fu moves. He gets into it," says Alessandro Carloni, who directed the film with Jennifer Yuh Nelson. The non-friction pants are especially important because Black is highly active in the recording studio, even standing on a chair to kick during his voice work. And I make sure to wear sweatpants," Black says. Black prefers hot chamomile tea with honey, which is good for the voice. After intense vocal warm-up exercises, comfort is key in the recording studio. As the cuddly Chosen One comes to terms with his own destiny, he helps everyone else discover their best selves, too.Black has voiced his dumpling-loving Po since the first Oscar-nominated film in the franchise, 2008's Kung Fu Panda, so he knows the drill. It’s also what makes this franchise such a winner. That’s what makes him such an earnest, lovable hero. The directors also make sure to let Po stay the charming bumbler he’s always been. Rich golden tones color the Spirit Realm, where some of the climactic fights take place.
Ping in hopes of more noodles and dumplings.ĭirectors Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni deploy a gorgeous color palette for the Chinese countryside, using vibrant, swirling shades of green, blue and red for the panda hideaway. She flirts with a clueless Po while an assortment of adorable panda cubs toddle around Mr. In addition to Li, a few other notable new characters enter the story, including the overconfident, ribbon-dancing panda Mei Mei (Kate Hudson). Master Shifu and the rest of his protégés - Monkey (Jackie Chan), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu) and Crane (David Cross) - are AWOL for the bulk of the story. With the film’s focus shifting to the pandas’ ancestral village in the mountains, there’s little for the original Furious Five to do except for Tigress (Angelina Jolie). (He’s especially excited to learn that other pandas don’t waste time using chopsticks, but stuff dumplings directly into their mouths with their paws.) Meanwhile, Po’s doting adoptive father (James Hong) is understandably worried that the instant bond between Li and Po will leave no room for a noodle-making goose. Li’s presence delights Po, who’s thrilled merely to discover that other pandas exist. Simmons is a natural as the vengeful Kai, having perfected his ominous baritone in everything from HBO’s prison drama “Oz” to his Oscar-winning performance as a tyrannical music teacher in “ Whiplash.”īy contrast, Bryan Cranston dials up the dulcet tones to play Po’s returned papa Li, who convinces Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) that he can teach Po the ancient art of chi necessary to defeat Kai. Attacking Oogway allows Kai to return to the mortal realm to continue his attempt at world domination, leaving only Po to stop him. Stuck there for centuries, Kai’s been stealing the chi, or energy, of ancient kung fu masters and turning it into amulets that transform into jade soldiers at his command. Simmons), an angry yak Oogway had exiled to the Spirit Realm.
The late kung fu master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim) - the tortoise who selected the unlikely Po as the legendary Dragon Warrior - is trying to enjoy his eternal rest when he’s interrupted by Kai (J.K. In a prologue, “Kung Fu Panda 3” wastes no time getting to the heart of its central conflict.
That set things up for a reunion between Po - who had been living with his adoptive father, a goose - and his birth family. And this Dragon Warrior is every bit as brave as the galaxy’s favorite Resistance pilot.ĭreamWorks Animation’s “ Kung Fu Panda 2” (2011) ended with a revelation: The biological father of Po (voice of Jack Black) is alive and living in a faraway panda Shangri-La. Po remains a charming bumbler - excited to learn, for example, that other pandas don’t eat with chopsticks. In “Kung Fu Panda 3,” Po, left, reunites with his father, Li.
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