With a recently rehabilitated animated series and a few small appearances in Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel’s feathered hero known as Howard the Duck has gotten off to the most disastrous start to his film career.
The hero of the live-action (and animatronic) feature film produced by George Lucas and directed by Willard Hayek in 1986, the Space Palm actually ended up in the water as soon as the film was released, to an outcry from all sides. And even they unanimously considered it a real (ka) regret.
The most unpleasant experience for Howard’s vocal interpreter – the American comedian Chip Ziene, whom the latter mentioned in the columns of the article. HollywoodReporter In July 2021, in connection with the 35th anniversary of the film. The actor had the opportunity to reveal that another, much more famous personality had been hired before him to double the extraterrestrial.
Indeed, Howard the Duck was originally supposed to be the voice of Robin Williams (whose vocal talents would later be used extensively in Aladdin’s role as the Genie).
According to Chip Ziene, who later played the role, Robin Williams took no more than three days to record, his improvised tirades out of sync with the animatronics’ beard movements.
“What I was told was that on the third day Robin said, ‘I can’t do this. This is madness. I can’t find the rhythm. I am completely limited. I have to handcuff myself to match the movements of the duckbill. “” That’s what Chip Zien told him.
“So on Memorial Day 1985, I got a call from my agent: ‘You have to go straight to the airport! Robin Williams quit and now you’re Howard Duck. You should be there tonight. The ticket is waiting for you at the counter.’ I was incredibly excited.”
Unfortunately for Chip Zien, as we said earlier, things did not go as he imagined, far from it. As for Robin Williams, we can say that he will have a hollow nose (or beard) when he got off in time from a project that is doomed to failure and that could harm his career.
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Source: Allocine
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