The Many Voices of Alan Tudyk | CONAN on TBS
The Many Voices of Alan Tudyk | CONAN on TBS
I have to say I took my kids to see the movie Rogue One and you, in their opinion and in mine, you just kind of stole the movie. You were so funny in that movie.
Wow. Thank you very much.
So, so terrific.
Funnier than Darth Vader.
Yeah, that guy’s right.
Darth gets some good lines off. You were hilarious. Uh, you are K2SO, correct name of the droid. And how did you come up with that voice? Were there different attempts to come up with different voices?
Yes. The director first asked me to do an American accent, which was just kind of this accent, and then he said, “We’ll probably go with an English accent because he’s from the empire. He’s been reprogrammed.”
And so I thought, you know, fantastic. Let’s do it.
Darth Vad is a pill.
Yeah.
Uh, he said no. Uh, different different English accent. So, um, I went with K2SO, who’s more proper, and since he was reprogrammed, he’s a little more like a boy and says things like, “No one likes you.”
Yeah. No, what’s great is he says what’s ever on his mind. And, uh, very dry, witty, very dry, and uh, my kids were howling the entire time. Every line of yours got huge screams from them.
Your character, the droid, is 7 foot one.
Yes.
So, um, you had to be on stilts. Is that correct?
Special stilts.
And then later on, they were going to add your robot body, right? In post, but in the meantime on set, you were on stilts.
Diego Luna, who’s with you in so many of your scenes, said he was just here the other day, and he said it was really hard acting with Allen because I had to do scenes with him.
Yes.
And he said, “Your groin was right there.”
Yeah. He said, “My balls.”
Yeah. Alan’s balls were right here in my face. So it was it was like—
That’s a great Diego Luna by the way.
Yes. Thank you very much.
Hello Andy. How I know. Hello. Hello.
Now I know what it’s like to be Diego Luna. Yes. Oh, you, that hasn’t been cleaned in years. Don’t worry.
Okay. I’m sorry. My mother’s going to be so upset.
We’re not that kind of show. Uh, you probably cleaned it with your feet.
So, uh, so I would think you’re on this set and you’re on this big movie, but you got to be on these stilts the whole time. That’s got to get old at a certain point or awkward.
Well, going to the bathroom. That was tough because you could see over the stalls as you walk in. So, you just sort of stride in and it’s like, “Hey, Andy, what’s going on?”
Yeah.
You play Tetris on the toilet. Interesting. Uh, and then the urinal again even, you know—
Right?
The urinal, you’re just—
Yeah.
And everyone’s there. Wow. That was—I was going to say judging from your space work, you’re a fireman.
Uh, congratulations.
Uh, thank you very much.
Now the great Anthony Daniels played C3PO. I think we have a still from him on the set of the original Star Wars. Did you get any advice from him about playing, you know, an iconic Star Wars droid?
I did. He came to the set while we were shooting and I met him. I went up and met him and said I was a droid and he knew of me. Uh, this a small club and—
It is cool. It’s like your guys that played James Bond. There’s only a couple of you. That’s fantastic.
Yeah. BB-8’s a drunk so you can’t really—
So really he and I—
I’ve seen BB-8 be tossed out of clubs.
He just rolls away.
Yeah, I loved his early work on Castaway. Just beautiful, beautiful stuff.
But C3PO said—or Anthony Daniels went on about the suit that he had to wear, and that they originally they put screws in my head. You know, they closed it and he had to be on this thing.
And he said, “Wait a minute. Are you wearing an actual robot costume or are they doing it motion capture?”
I said, “Motion capture.”
He said, “You shit.”
And then I saw him at the premiere and I said, “Hello again. I’m going to ask you for notes when this is over. So, if you could please tell me how I did.”
And I saw him at the party afterwards. And he came up and said, “You.”
And that’s one of the best compliments I got.
And kind of a C3PO voice. “Yeah. You amazing.”
Yeah, you’ve done so many great voices, so much voice work that people may not even be aware of here. In Frozen, you were the Duke of Wessleton.
Wessleton.
Wessleton.
Wessleton. Yeah.
Not Weasel Town. Wessleton. Yes.
Do you ever have—when kids find out that you were that voice? Because it’s now become such a big voice and such an iconic character. Do kids ask you to do it?
They find out ’cause I grab them.
I don’t—
Right?
I learn that right off. Don’t grab the children. You’re not good to grab the parents. Quit grabbing a child.
Uh, but I’ll say, “Hey, did you see Frozen? I’m the Duke of Wessleton.”
And they’ll say, “Oh, Weasel Town. Wessleton. Weasel Town. Wessleton. We’ll—”
Find your parents.
Yeah. Um, but I love seeing their eyes, you know, light up, or if they’re too young, they get depressed because they feel like they’ve been cheated.
Right. It wasn’t real.
It wasn’t real.
Yeah. Children—
You were in Wreck-It Ralph. I like any segment that ends “children,” especially this time of year.
Do you ever—in Wreck-It Ralph you were King Candy.
King Candy. Yeah.
Which is a great voice.
Thank you very much.
He’s one of my favorites.
No, he’s such a fun character.
Yes.
So over the top.
And I’m just curious, have you ever used that voice for other things just to have fun with it? Like, you know, not professionally, but just at a party or anything.
Can I get a gin and tonic, please?
Yeah. It could be fun.
Please. Yes. A martini with no olives, candy only, please. Yeah.
Yes. Uh, I was given backstage a couple of quotes from our president-elect, Donald Trump, and was asked if I would read one of these in as King Candy.
“Look at those hands. Are they small hands? I don’t—No, it’s not. And he referred to my hands. If they’re small, something else must be small. I’m talking—Whoa. I guarantee you there’s no problem. I guarantee you.”
Can I read this one?
Heihei in Moana.
Sure.
I’m the rooster.
Oh, yeah.
And he speaks chicken.
[Laughter]
Thank you.
