After three seasons, series creator and voice actor Justin Roiland was fired from the animated series Solar OppositesThe series continued without him, with Dan Stevens taking over the role of Roiland.
In an interview with Comicbook.com, Stevens talked about his role in Solar Opposites to help promote the show’s fifth season, now streaming on Hulu. As a big fan of adult animation, he was thrilled to come on board, citing how it’s harder than you might think to make the transition from live-action to animated projects. Stevens revealed how it all started with him simply volunteering his services when Roiland was fired from the role. While the English actor has a very different voice than Roiland, this actually worked in his favor in landing the part, as the choice was made to do something completely different with the voice of Korvo.
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“I think it’s a real gem and I’m a huge fan of adult animation,” Stevens explained of his casting.I've always loved doing voice acting and animation and have slowly made my way into that industry.. It takes longer than you think. It doesn't necessarily mean that just because you're on a bunch of TV shows and movies or whatever, you're going to end up on these things. Some people don't even want to go, but it's a real passion of mine. I like doing it.”
I have always loved dubbing and animation and I slowly started working in this sector.
He added: “And so when they were looking for the voice, I just threw my hat in the ringMicrophone [McMahon] I found the idea of this kind of angry, very peculiar Brit very funny. I thought they found a very sweet, simple, silly way of just saying, 'OK, this is different.'”
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Korvo was given a completely different voice
Stevens clarified how he initially thought he would be asked to try to imitate Roiland's Korvo voice as closely as possible to make the transition seamless, similar to what happened with Rick and Morty. With Solar OppositesA sci-fi explanation was inserted into the series to explain how Korvo's voice changed. Stevens was pleasantly surprised that the recasting worked out this way.
“I think maybe in the past it was more of a thing where they would change an actor and move on and no one would bat an eyelid,” he said. “I guess it's rarer now. I was happy that they could just replace me so neatly. For the most part, it seems like it was very well received by fans.I think if nothing else it just serves to underline the difference between this show and Rick and Morty now. I think the similarities were tied together by a certain voice and now they're distinct in that way.”
Solar Opposites is streaming on Hulu, where the fifth season just premiered.
Source: Comicbook.com
Solar Opposites
- Release date
- May 8, 2020
- Launch
- Thomas Middleditch, Dan Stevens, Sean Giambrone, Mary Mack
- Seasons
- 5