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Who voiced Jon (the owner of the cat) in Garfield 2?

What version are you asking? The original version was breckin meyer.

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Details are as follows:

1. Actors and other characters who voiced Garfield in Garfield 2.

Tim hill and john davis want breckin meyer, who had a pleasant cooperation before, to play Jon, Garfield's owner, and Billy Murray, who voiced Garfield in the last episode. John davis still remembers finding a suitable voice for Garfield in those years, but it broke everyone's brains. "We want a voice with its own characteristics, which is funny and funny, but smart and funny. We were very lucky to meet the perfect actor who voiced this role, and that is Billy Murray. " Jim davis added: "Billy Murray is very interesting. I don't think anyone has a better expression and tone to voice Garfield. This casting is perfect! " Jim davis said: "In these two films, Billy cooperated impeccably in all aspects. "Because he joined as a voice part, the film will be successful, because everyone is familiar with Bill's tone, and everyone knows that Garfield is also in that tone. So when you have Billy Murray's voice, the movie is already halfway through. "

Breckin meyer, another actor who had a pleasant cooperation last time, described his role as Jon on the screen, saying that he was a kind, a little tardy, but cute guy. The combination of Jon and Garfield is very complementary to the harmony between Yin and Yang. Meyer especially likes to increase the length of love scenes in this film. Jon decided to propose to Liz, although it was not easy for him. "Jon finally decided to take an important step in his life." Meyer said, "This is the key for him to become braver in this film." Meyer, like last time, likes Garfield, the hero of the movie very much. He was animated by the computer. "Personally, I'm still a little allergic to real cats," Meyer said. "So when I perform live, I feel more relaxed when I am asked to simulate in front of a bag." Meyer thus completed the close cooperation with Garfield on the big screen.

Like Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt is happy to join Garfield 2 again. "I grew up watching Garfield comics. I even have an orange kitten myself. Just after the last movie, I also tasted Garfield's favorite food-lasagna. However, what I like most about Garfield now is that he is always sarcastic. I have this rebellious character myself, so I appreciate this humor. " In Garfield 2, there is a "first time" on the screen-"I have never been proposed in a movie," she said. "This story has this element, which adds a lot of interest." The familiar part is to play opposite an actor who doesn't exist. "In Garfield, it's a bit strange to play in the air."

The basic cast of Garfield 2 is Jennifer, Meyer and Murray, and the new face who just joined this time, Scottish comedian billy connolly, plays the ugly Prince Darjee. Connolly described Prince da ji as a bad and lazy classic. He thinks he's smart and can't do anything, but he's just a mean person with no vision. "I like playing bad guys very much. Bad guys will have more interesting scenes and lines." Connolly said. Garfield 2 shows Connolly's superb body comedy ability. "I can say that I do my best. I can improvise on the stairs, on the piano and anywhere I appear. " Breckin meyer and I are a perfect match. "

Producers, directors and other staff found an excellent behind-the-scenes dubbing group for the animals in Garfield. Besides Billy Murray's voice for Garfield, tim curry is also a prince who looks like Garfield. The famous British actor Bob Hutchin voiced Winston, Les Ivan voiced Maiban, Winnie Jones voiced a dog named Moreau, and Jane Huck voiced Minnie Duck.

2. Computer synthesis of Garfield.

Animation director Chris Berry and Lei Xiu's visual effects team jointly created Garfield on the screen, giving him the most trademark cartoon features, such as round figure, grinning teeth and big eyes. In order to create Garfield by computer synthesis, the staff first practice Garfield puppets, and let the camera locate the scene location and appropriate time where Garfield will appear later. Actors can also try to figure out the relative relationship of this model puppets to help them perform.

After rehearsing several times, we should remove the doll or something specific before the formal shooting, so that the picture will be clean and it will be convenient to put Garfield drawn by the computer in the post-production. The whole process is roughly as follows: first, there is a neutral gray screen. After the filming is finished here, a formal movie paragraph is inserted, and a natural and real scene seen by the audience in the cinema appears. In this way, the animator can keep up with the director's control of the whole film, be sensitive and flexible to the light, and let the cat aim at the camera correctly, and the lifelike Garfield will be completed.

Lei Xiu Special Effects Company created Garfield from the body structure, including complete bones, muscles and eye colors, and promoted it to the final animated character on the big screen. The person in charge of visual effects scans the concrete model into the computer and creates computer animated characters on this basis. Then simulate the camera movement and lighting at the shooting scene, and finally the animation gradually emerges.

Berry's team consists of 30 people, whose main task is Garfield and the prince who looks like him, and leads to the later identity exchange. Because of Lei Xiu's outstanding technical performance, stuntmen and animators constantly fine-tune Garfield to make it more precise. Berry said that the audience will definitely feel a great increase in texture because of these small but crucial adjustments.

"Garfield looks more natural from beginning to end than before, except that his hair is more real," Berry explained. "Garfield is more like a human in the movie, because we will see his continuous movements and expressions." In the previous episode, he moved on four feet like a real cat. We adjusted his body, he looks more attractive, and his body will stand upright. "

The two cats are very similar in appearance, but their voices, personalities, smiles, outlook on life and attitudes are quite different. "The prince walks quite gracefully, with aristocratic temperament and a sense of distance. They are opposite in every respect. In fact, tim curry's voice for the prince sounds different in temperament. The prince feels like a proud cat, while Garfield is ordinary and amiable. "

3. Animals can talk.

Berry, the animator and Lei Xiu Studio jointly created a more exquisite new Garfield, and Rainmaker visual effects company in Vancouver made other animals in this film have wonderful performances of talking. This process is very difficult. It took six months for 200 animators to work together. Besides spending time studying animal faces, they are busy using better computer technology to express them.

It is very important to complete the dubbing of live animation before the computer synthesis begins. Patterson, director of Leixiu Studio, said, "Because animation is built by focusing on the most accurate voices and expressions of actors one by one, we record actors, decompose and observe them, and capture the composition of each movement and facial expression."

There is a silent animal, which is Jon's favorite dog, Ou Di. He is also Garfield's sworn enemy. Taylor and Kerr, two dachshund puppies, made the same contribution as Ou Di and had a wonderful interaction with Garfield. Dog trainer Crican Bay, the film's director, spent four weeks before filming, teaching them the skills they needed to complete their roles. Although these dogs look alike, they all have different personalities and are chosen according to the needs of different story scenes. Taylor is suitable for cute, sensitive and complicated scenes. "Taylor is very smart. He is a well-trained dog." Kerr is more enthusiastic and energetic, and similar attack scenes will be very infectious if he plays them. He is not afraid of anything. "Campbell said.

This large group of animals in the film is in charge of "Birds and Animals Without Limits", and Mark Fu Bi is responsible for implementing the relevant details. One of Fu Bi's biggest challenges is to find the role of Winston. "I'm not sure if I can train a bulldog, especially to make all kinds of movements, which must be done without tying it up." Fu Bi said, "I think we can only try some coercion, and he will definitely resist." But we met an animal training institution. They have a bulldog, which is many times better than we thought. He came in and showed his signature movements, whether he turned his head, shook his head or bowed his head, which matched the camera perfectly. This dog named Bucky surprised us. "

The whole crew often looks like Noah's Ark, and there are all kinds of animals everywhere, whether it is the shooting scene or the training area. To blend in with so many four-legged actors is equivalent to shooting two major films at the same time. Some of them, led by director tim hill, filmed "human actors", as well as Garfield and Odie, sometimes interspersed with some animals. The second group is headed by photography director Dean Kant, who is also participating in Garfield movies for the second time. He will shoot all the scenes on the animal side.

4. The location of the film.

Garfield 2 was mainly filmed in Britain, and the crew put several important scenic spots in London. Garfield initially played these places as tourists, including Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben and Churchill. Then all the troops set off for York, England, and filmed the beautiful scenery of Fort Howard. This is an important baroque building in England in the18th century. It was used as the residence of the prince "Calais Castle", covering an area of 10000 acres, with unforgettable gardens and nearby scenery. Fort Howard is the most beautiful and historic house in Britain, belonging to the Howard family, who have lived here for generations.

Part of Los Angeles was made in Southern California, where the interior of the mansion and the nearby gardens were shot with gray villas in Beverly Hills. Tony Blue, the design director, chose the gray villa because all the houses in this area have the flavor of English manor. In addition, the ballroom and kitchen of Calais Mansion are located in sheds in Los Angeles. The kitchen is modeled after Burleigh Villa, an English mansion in Lincolnshire.

Whether in grayhill or in the studio, Blue created the interior furnishings of English luxury houses by herself. "But I must constantly wake myself up. This is an English mansion, but this is a Garfield movie, not a Jane Austen movie, so everything is brighter, lighter and more colorful, which is a little easier than what you usually see in Britain. "

But can you really teach the old cat any new tricks? One thing is certain, as long as Garfield is here, he will always be the master of his own kingdom, whether it is his own small home or a luxurious English castle.