Pokémon fans initially wanted to see Danny DeVito voice Pikachu in POKÉMON Detective Pikachu. However, the role went to Ryan Reynolds. The folks at Game Informer asked producer Cale Boyter if they were aware of the demand and whether or not he was considered. “We definitely thought about it and how it might inform the spirit of it. Danny is incredible by the way. I am a huge fan of Danny DeVito,” Boyter says.
When they were thinking about who to cast as Pikachu, VFX producer Greg Baxter says he and his team took lines from various actors’ previous roles and animated an early rendition of Pikachu to the audio to see how it looked. Danny DeVito turned out to be one of the actors they did a test for. “It was really very funny, so I couldn’t speak to all the reasons why it wasn’t Danny DeVito cast,” Baxter says. “I love Danny and some point maybe after the movie comes about, we can share those early tests. It’s absolutely hilarious.”
Boyter also offered an ambiguous tease saying, “I can’t give away too much, but in terms of where the story goes and how it evolves, we had to sort of look at everything, including what fans weren’t seeing yet to make the decision. But that spirit of Danny DeVito, I promise you, is still inside of Pikachu.” When I said that sounds like a great quote for the movie’s poster, Boyter laughed and said, “By the way, Ryan would probably love that.” POKÉMON Detective Pikachu is coming to theaters on May 10.
Source: Game Informer
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