Virtual reality is new career path for actors
Elizabeth Banks has landed another fantastical role: an alien in an animated virtual reality film.
In that VR adventure, Mac and Cheez land on Earth and encounter two rabbits -- VR viewers take the point of view of one rabbit. Asteroids! puts you in the action, too, as a bot who must help Mac and Cheez make it through the asteroid field. Also along for the ride is Peas, "a little bot (that) acts almost like a pet," Banks said.
In addition to providing the voice for Cheez, Banks also had her facial movements recorded, "so when you do inflection and everything they can match it with everything you are doing with your face at that time."
Oh, and about the voice, it's not totally intelligible, she says. "We sort of created a language and then we sped it up," said Banks, who also voiced the character Wyldstyle in The Lego Movie. "It does make sense if it were translated for you and you saw it written out. It’s a little like pig Latin in a way."
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