TV and movie star Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, NBC's The Office) provided the voiceover for the film's protagonist, a top-heavy supervillain with a very unusual accent indeed.
Carell says that Gru's bizarre diction — a "kind of pseudo-Eastern European" thing — came from minutes of inspiration, rather than months of fine-tuning.
"It was always in that realm," Carell tells NPR's Liane Hansen. "We just figured that that sounded sort of evil, yet comical at the same time."
And he's proud of its elusive, nonspecific quality: "I don't think anyone can really determine what accent I'm doing in the movie, which was my choice, of course."
About leaving 'The Office':
"I look at the show as a great ensemble show, and I look at my departure as just one piece of that ensemble going off. I have no doubt the show will continue and be incredibly strong."
On easy paychecks:
"Whenever I hear somebody complain about how difficult it is [to do voiceovers], I want to punch them," he says. "Because it's really fun, and pretty easy. ... You go in, you do a silly voice, you walk out."
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