That funny mugger in The Incredibles?
Yup, that’s Sohn.
Peter Sohndoesn’t think of himself as an actor.
The mugger in ‘The Incredibles’.Disney+
The first is a mugger that Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) and Mr.
Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) chase down in the opening flashback sequence.
“Brad said, ‘You’re from New York.
Emile in ‘Ratatouille’.Everett Collection
I need a mugger,'” Sohn recalls ofThe Incrediblesdirector Brad Bird.
The other role was one of the security guards in Syndrome’s secret island lair.
“Teddy Newton is this wonderful artist at Pixar.
The Pet Collector in ‘The Good Dinosaur’.Disney/Pixar
He’s well known for his caricatures and his amazing, brilliant ideas.
He’s always been this X-factor at work.
It’s the scene where Elastigirl extends her head down to peek at the security cameras.
Sox in ‘Lightyear’.Everett Collection
She makes a sound that prompts a “did you say something?”
reaction from the guards.
Sohn plays the one who says, “Uh, I didn’t say anything.”
Leah Lewis voices Ember and Mamoudou Athie vocies Wade in Pixar’s ‘Elemental’.Disney/Pixar
“I was just jumping from different departments.
You really learn about people’s priorities there very quickly.”
Emile inRatatouille
Sohn would take a more prominent voice acting role in 2007’sRatatouille, another Bird-directed film.
“There were two versions of this character,” Sohn remembers of Emile.
And then that version didn’t live up.
Bird once again remembered Sohn was from NYC.
Come on, let’s do this character.'”
the Styracosaurus known as Forrest Woodbush.
“The movie was made so quickly.
That was the movie that was made in 18 months,” the filmmaker says.
“Most animated films take about 4-5 years.
You’re running on instinct when you’re working that fast.”
That’s how Mr. Woodbush came about.
“You’re just working very quickly.
‘What is he saying?
What if he’s got a bunch of friends?
He’s this nutcase out there living by himself and lonely.’
Let’s just record it,’ " he explains.
I would just be like, ‘How do you want me to do this?’
He was like, ‘You know how you do that Data thing?
Let’s go do that!'”
Sohn, it turns out, can pull off an accurate Brent Spiner-as-Data impression.
It was by “survival” that the role was cut.
Sohn was going to voice a brother character for Ember named Bon, like a bonfire.
“He was just this put-upon son that the father never believed in,” the director explains.
“But we cut him out.
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