

“This creature is the most human character in the movie. “I think a lot of what does has this vulnerability to it,” Butler says.
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He’s read a few things, but that doesn’t mean he’s understood them - or that he’s even read the right things.Īnd the actor, who has brought a skewed vision to everything from “The Hangover” comedy franchise to FX’s “Baskets” to the online series “Between Two Ferns,” locates the humanity inside his beastly role. So his concept of civilization, of society is skewed. If he does come across other people, they run away from him, screaming. “But this character has essentially been alone his whole life. Link “is kind of clumsy, and there’s quite a lot of physical comedy” says Butler. Saldaña returns to the screen later this month for Marvel’s highly anticipated Avengers: Endgame reprising her part as Gamora.But there is still a lovable outsider at the center of the story, and “Missing Link” finds its heart in Galifianakis’ portrayal of the sympathetic man-beast.

In this movie, she is rightly credited as Zoe Saldaña, in a rare appearance for the “ñ” in her last name (her IMDb page and most roles leave it out). To date, Saldaña’s sole role fully in Spanish was in the 2005 Dominican comedy La Maldición del Padre Cardona ( The Curse of Father Cardona) directed by Félix German, where she plays a girl from a small town whose sights are set on seducing a young priest visiting to solve a supernatural mystery. Her choice to enhance her interpretation of Adelina with Spanish-language dialogue for her most visceral scenes signals the importance it has for her personally as a way to connect to something more intimate.

She brought some of that into the character too.” Portland Art Museum Nepal Society of Oregon Dawn Levy Vance - Executive Travel Edge Oregon Film Tom Meyerst Ross Stewart Louis Thomas. “I think it was informed by her family as well, certain conversations with her grandma and her mother. Meet the cast and crew of LAIKAs Missing Link, starring Hugh Jackman, Stephen Fry, Zach Galifianakis, Timothy Olyphant, and Zoe Saldana. “I would ask Zoe, ‘If you were really that angry at this guy, what would you say?’ All I asked for was no swearing, and so she’d just come up with a few different versions,” said Butler. The median age in Fawn Creek is 51.2, the US median age is 37.4. Rather than just being the token romantic interest, I wanted Adelina to have a richer backstory,” he said.īutler also revealed it was Saldaña who chose to speak in Spanish for the scene where is fuming. There are 26 people per square mile aka population density. In an interview with Remezcla, director Chris Butler explained he always wanted Adelina to have a unique identity and a subplot of her own unrelated to her partner’s quest. The character is heard expressing her anger in that language following an argument with Lionel, and sporadically during the rest of their outing. Though we never learn her maiden name or other specifics about her origins, Adelina is suggested to have Latin American roots, as she lives in Santa Ana, California, and is bilingual, though we only hear her speak in Spanish a handful of times. Visit our home page to see details about our current and future productions. Throughout the movie, as the clip shows, she stands her ground and expertly evades Lionel’s (voice by Hugh Jackman) romantic advances, because her journey is not about finding love, but about self-discovery. Portlands premiere theatre company produces thought-provoking contemporary works. At first, her journey’s purpose is to fulfill what her late husband couldn’t achieve, but as she overcomes countless hurdles, the global trek transforms into a personal turning point for her. “ I love about Adelina is that she is curious, she is firm, and she is very independent,” says the actress in a featurette about the movie.
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In the newest film from Laika, the Portland-based stop motion studio, Saldaña debunks the outdated notion of the damsel in distress and acts as her own heroine in a movie that takes her across the globe with a British cryptozoologist and a cuddly sasquatch. As Adelina Fortnight, Dominican-American actress Zoe Saldaña simultaneously added a feminist edge and cultural diversity to the animated adventure Missing Link.
