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Thanks so much to House is Right reader Greg for the heads up on this item! Not only has Hugh Laurie been nominated fro a Golden Globe, but he was also nominated for the coveted Annie Award for his voice acting of the character Dr. Cockroach in Monsters vs. Aliens. Woo-hoo! This is his first nomination, in spite of the fact that he’s done a number of voice roles in the past. How cool!
Here are all the Annie Awards nominations in his category:
Voice Acting in a Feature Production

Jen Cody – Voice …read more

[Photo credit: Lucian Capellaro/©2009 DreamWorks Animation L.L.C. All Rights Reserved]

TiVo Alert!

 
 
Tonight is a special Dreamworks presentation of a spin-off from the movie Monsters vs. Aliens. The special is entitled Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space and I’m guessing it’s Halloween-related.
Of course, our favorite voice actor, Hugh Laurie will reprise his role as Dr. Cockroach for the event. Be sure to tune in or record it!!
Here’s the description of this and a special from the movie Madagascar:
The first of the 30-minute specials is titled, “Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space,” and is based on the 2009 smash …read more

I awoke to a really fun surprise this morning! I have told my TiVo all of my favorite actors and it just recorded a show this morning for me that I wasn’t expecting. (I just love my trusty TiVo!) The show was a movie review show called Lions & Bailes Reel Talk. The guest that was interviewed on this morning’s show was Hugh Laurie, there to talk about his role as Dr. Cockroach in Monsters vs. Aliens. I immediately went to the web site and grabbed the clip of the interview for you.
Hugh says that he’s happy that Dr. Cockroach …read more

I found this terrific short interview with Hugh Laurie about working on Monsters vs. Aliens. The interviewer is the host of Talking Pictures, Tony Toscano and together they discuss the unusual acting process of recording a voice for an animated character. For example, even if the character has to do something as simple as shake their fist, the voice has to convey shaking a fist. It sounds more difficult than regular acting to me, but what do I know?
And stay with it until the end, because Hugh answers a question about the big events the last few …read more

Last night, Hugh Laurie was a guest on the Late Show With David Letterman. As always, he was hilarious, gracious and gorgeous. Here’s the interview and you just have to watch for his hysterically funny story about taking the cab in New York to the hotel. LOL!
He also talks a bit about his being honored by the Queen and about being chosen to play a cockroach:
Do they have this cockroach and say Hugh Laurie is perfect for the part? Or do they think of Hugh and ask what kind of character should he be? That’s it! A cockroach! …either …read more

Many thanks to Grace for the heads up about this fun little clip of Hugh Laurie in the studio for Monsters vs. Aliens. It’s only three seconds long, but it’s so much fun to hear him laugh in that evil way for his character Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. See what I mean:

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And so that you can see his animated character doing the laugh, here’s another short clip. This time, we hear Dr. Cockroach talk a bit too.

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And for one more fun comparison, here’s a clip from episode 2.14 that features Hugh doing the same evil laugh for Cameron and …read more

[Photo credit: Lucian Capellaro/© 2009 DreamWorks Animation L.L.C. All Rights Reserved]

 
 
If you’re like so many Hugh Laurie fans and have been waiting to see a trailer or spoiler for his new animated movie Monsters vs. Aliens, you are in luck! I found a very early spoiler clip for the movie and you can go watch it here.
The movie will open in InTru 3D, conventional and IMAX theaters on March 27th. Imagine seeing this cool animated movie in 3-D in an IMAX theater! It should be fun for the entire family!

Well, he’ll voice the character of the cockroach in the new animated DreamWorks movie, Monsters vs. Aliens that will hit the theaters in March. Hugh Laurie will be the voice for Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. So check that out. He’ll be a doctor again! And you have to admit that the cockroach is pretty cute…for a cockroach, that is.

[Photo credit: Lucian Capellaro/© 2009 DreamWorks Animation L.L.C. All Rights Reserved]

Hugh will be in good company in the movie voice cast with co-stars Reese Witherspoon, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Kiefer Sutherland and Paul Rudd.