Pierre Coffin on Returning to the Minions Franchise: Exhaustion, Comedy, and Craft
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Elsa Keslassy
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Pierre Coffin, the director and voice of the Minions, discusses returning to the franchise with the new game "Minions & Monsters" after feeling exhausted from nearly two decades of work on the "Despicable Me" universe. He candidly shares the grueling production process (three to four years per film), how he crafts humor that appeals to both children and adults, and the challenges of voicing all the Minion characters himself.
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VarietyPierre Coffin on Returning to the Minions Franchise: Exhaustion, Comedy, and Craftvariety.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledEach film takes three years, sometimes four when things don't go as planned. It's exhausting.
After nearly two decades inside the 'Despicable Me' universe — the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time, with more than $5.5 billion worldwide across six films — the French animator had earned the right to feel worn out.
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