Its worked for them, so why not us?
This film has a role reversal between Elastigirl and Mr. Holly, what did you think about that role reversal, when you read the script?
HOLLY HUNTER: Well, I didnt read a screenplay because there wasnt really one.
SAMUEL L. JACKSON: You didnt see the whole script?
HUNTER: [Brad is] the screenplay.
He was my walking encyclopedia.
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BIRD: You had pages.
HUNTER: He was my instruction manual.
To me, it was just really fun.
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I dont think that this is a message movie, in any way.
At the same time, its character revelation.
Everybody is having revelations, including Jack-Jack.
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CRAIG T. NELSON: I was resentful when I was told where Mr.
Incredible was going to be in this film.
Hes not saving lives or exhibiting any kind of strength, at all.
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The recording process was just so much fun.
It was just a lot of fun.
Im so honored to be a part of it and to be doing this.
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Brad, since the first film, youve said that you had an idea forIncredibles 2.
Has this always been your idea for the sequel, or has it evolved, over the years?
I also knew that I had the unexploded bomb of Jack-Jacks powers.
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The audience knew that he had them, but the Parrs did not.
But, the villain part always seemed to change.
And then, the release date got moved up a year, and suddenly the pressure was huge.
Theyd be like, You know what youre doing, right?
And Id be like, Yeah, I know what Im doing.
Weve got two years left.
Everybody has high expectations, okay?
The villain plot kept changing because it just didnt serve the story.
And if they didnt want to make it, I was going to take it somewhere else.
So, I dont know why, but for some reason, the villain comes last.
Kids are strangely treated like beards, for animated films.
Im a single guy, but I wanna see this.
I found a kid.
He was roaming the streets.
I told him I would pay for his ticket.
Will you let me in?
Can I come in now?
Its an art form for anyone that likes movies.
You dont need to have a kid.
People are constantly coming up to me and saying, My kid really enjoyed it.
Im like, I made it for you, but Billy can go, too.
Im not a kid, and I made it something that I would want to see.
HUNTER: I think that we probably all felt that way about the first one, as well.
It was a movie that stood on its own.
Its not a kid’s movie.
In a way, this one is more not a kids movie, although kids totally dig it.
Its an incredible fabric thats been woven together.
How much, if at all, did that affect or the process of developing this movie?
BIRD: Oh, yeah, I immediately banned three point landings.
I was like, Theres too many superhero movies now.
Are people going to be sick of this, in two years?
Is anybody ready for some fresh superheroes?
To me, families are a continent of fresh opportunities because its so universal.
And so, I got excited again when I thought about it that way.
That was really what excited me about the first movie.
Sam, can you see the influence ofThe Incredibleson the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and vice versa?
JACKSON: As I remember, that family fell out inInfinity War, didnt they?
And nobody called me to make them be good.
I did bring all these people into S.H.I.E.L.D.
and, all of a sudden, Im not there!
So, I dont know what youre talking about.
The genre has grown, and it has grown inside this one place.
A couple of them are good.
Why are they doing this?
If this person does these serious dramas, why is he doing this?
Theres something that they know or find that makes it work.
The relationships among the people, on the inside of those films, always become intimate and intricate.
Youve got your bratty brother in Iron Man.
Youve got your special needs kid in Hulk.
Youve got your sister who turns out to be Black Widow, whos a real killer.
So, I really dont know whats going on, but I can pretend that I do.
I make things happen.
Brad, how did you come up with the fight between Jack-Jack and the raccoon?
BIRD: That was one of our key artists on the first film, who helped design the characters.
He came up with a lot of great ideas.
His name is Teddy Newton, and he had the idea, back on the original film.
He had a gang of raccoons that Jack-Jack confronted.
The idea always just killed me because raccoons look vaguely like robbers.
And then, he looked out in the yard and saw something stealing from him.
It didnt matter that it was garbage.
Jack-Jack doesnt know that.
What was the thought behind that?
Its that action-adventure style, from the early 60s, so it fits with our film.
We only used the beginningThe Outer Limitsit because its still abstract.
When I was a kid, I just remember that scared the crap out of me.
And I just loveJonny Quest.
A lot of people dont remember that it wasnt made for Saturday morning.
It was made for primetime.
It came on at night, and adults watched it.
People died in it.
It mummies, and it had pterodactyls and guns.
So, we just had to giveJonny Questa shout out.
JACKSON: Kids dont do that!
Their parents do, and they have a go at make the kid know who you are.
Thats Frozone, honey!
And the kid is looking at you like, You dont have a blue suit on!
Youre not making ice stuff!
And then, you have to give the kid a catch phrase.
But, they dont know who we are from Adam.
We dont get a new audience because we did a movie that kids really like.
They have no idea who we are, in our real selves.
NELSON: Its embarrassing, really.
The moms and dads are saying Look, Bill!
And the kids just staring at you.
Well, say something like Mr. Its been 14 years, I dont remember what I said in the first one.
Incredibles 2opens in theaters on June 15th.
