The nicest baby: behind Jack-Jack, the big revelation of the season

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The big star of this winter blockbuster season is not a dinosaur, not an Avenger or someone aboard the Millennium Falcon. "The Incredibles 2", which set a new world box office record for an animated film to raise $ 182.7 million at its premiere, is a party featuring Jack-Jack, apparently baby-like -powerful in the aftermath of Pixar. The 2004 soundtrack gave hints about his superpowers, but these were kept out of sight of his family.

In this new episode, however, it's a revelation of Jack-Jack's abilities. And just as babies babble and flicker as they learn their skills, Jack-Jack does this by discovering his wide range of powers. A sneeze throws him across the ceiling. Anger makes him a purple demon. He can escape from his crib simply by going through his bars.

The New York Times called it "bubbling and bubbling cherry of this sweet". The Wall Street Journal predicted that Jack-Jack could be "a product so valuable for their study that the Minions who stole the show in Universal's" My Bad Villain. "

Jack-Jack fever hits. Was particularly nice for real life Jack-Jack, who was only a baby when the first "Incredibles" was created

Pixar animator Tony Fucile, who oversaw the animation and character design for Both films, he used recordings of his young son, Eli, to create the voice of Jack-Jack.

Eli, now 16, is in the strange position of playing in one of the biggest year movies, although I remember to have participated

"I never really understood it when I was younger. But over time, I realized that "wow, actually I was in a very good movie," said Eli in his first interview. "It was nice to see all the comments. I guess everyone likes Jack Jack. "

Eli was 10 months old when her father, who first collaborated with director" Incredibles "Brad Bird overseeing the animation of" The Iron Giant "(1999), I worked in "The Incredibles." His newborn looked like a perfect Jack-Jack.

"In fact, we first conceived of the character, and then we came into the world," says Tony. spoke to Brad and I said, "You know, Eli made some strange sounds, it's kind of preverbal bulimia (before speech development) that does not stop. gets up and starts doing it.This is laughter and something like scattered.As Stromboli (from "Pinocchio"). "

Bird, curious, gave Tony a tape recorder and a microphone and told him to use it.

"He was very thorough with the sound," Tony said. "He told me," he covers the windows with blankets, then points the microphone to his mouth. "When (Eli) woke up from a nap I was in that mood, ready to make a riff. So, my wife and I started following him around the house for an hour and half. "

These recordings remained the same as the Jack-Jack Dead Sea Scrolls. They provided the basis of the character's voice in the first film, a Jack-Jack short film and even the new sequel. Fucile supposed that they would need another baby for the second installment, but editor Stephen Shaeffer managed to get more juice on the original recordings.

"I would have liked to do more," Tony says. "I did not expect it to last."

Eli believes that he lost the ability to make Jack-Jack sounds when he was 9 or 10 years old. "Once he's changed his voice, it's over," Tony said. "Unfortunately," adds Eli,

The plot of "The Incredibles 2" takes place a few months after the original film, but the pbadage of time has had a curious effect on distribution. Dash, the youngest son of the superhero family, was replaced by Huck Milner, a 10-year-old boy. In the premiere of "The Incredibles 2", Milner was confused to know who was making the voice of his younger brother.

"He said," Wait, you're older than me! " Recalls Eli laughing. 19659005] For Tony, years meant a second chance to encourage Jack-Jack, improve his facial expressions and give him powers that were not technically possible 14 years ago. As the project progressed, Jack Jack became more and more important.

"There was not really a limit to what could be done," Tony said. "It's one of those things you say, why can not you do that?"

For Eli, it's his first chance to be Jack-Jack … even when no one believes him

Friends did not at first think me " , he said. "What did they say? Did you make the voice of a baby? ", Closed.