Mar 17 2010Smurfs Casting Vexes Me
According to Entertainment Weekly, Hank Azaria has been cast as Gargamel in the Smurfs movie. OK, fine, that makes sense, right? SO YOU'D THINK. Except Azaria is only providing the voice for the cat-loving villain, while Neil Patrick Harris will represent himself in the flesh.
So, if I'm understanding this, Smurfs has both actual humans and weird CGI humans going on at once... which is crazy. That's literally what it feels like to be crazy. You're looking at a human, next thing you know, a slightly not-real man in a robe shows up next to him and starts cackling and stroking a cat, and even though you know he's clearly not real, you can't stop him being there for some reason. What an insane concept. It's like someone is making a film just to help us fully empathize with that wide-eyed guy on the subway steadily slapping a ball-peen hammer against his open palm. His reality is Smurfs!
UPDATE: Neil P. Harris has clarified via a twittering, saying, "Hank Azaria will be PLAYING Gargamel for the Smurfs film, not just providing a voice. He'll be live action. Perfect casting, can't wait!" The world makes sense again.
(Thanks for the tip, King Krab.)
Reader Comments
1. dk - March 17, 2010 5:09 PM
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4. Paul - March 17, 2010 10:26 PM
pffffttt. Everyone in Hollywood knows that Neil Patrick Harris isn't real.
5. jaime - March 17, 2010 10:45 PM
hahah
6. Azrael's Litter Box - March 18, 2010 2:19 AM
Um, NOWHERE in the linked articles does it say NPH is actually playing Gargamel.
It just says he's cast in the movie. I'm willing to bet there's more than one human character in the film.
Obviously, having Hank Azaria voice a character played by another live actor is insane.
Please try to give at least four seconds of thought to your next post before writing.
Cheers!
7. Mina - March 18, 2010 2:32 AM
i'd really like the reasoning behind this explained to me before i have an aneurism...
8. King Krab - March 18, 2010 4:42 AM
NPH posted this on twitter: "Hank Azaria will be PLAYING Gargamel for the Smurfs film, not just providing a voice. He'll be live action. Perfect casting, can't wait!"
9. Mark - March 18, 2010 11:10 AM
6: I didn't say Neil Patrick Harris is playing Gargamel. I was just saying, until Harris cleared it up, it sounded like NPH would be a live-action character and Gargamel would be CGI, with Azaria only providing a voice (as described by Entertainment Weekly). Sorry I didn't phrase it better, but you know how I hate four seconds of thought. Cheers!
10. Mike Biggs - March 18, 2010 6:58 PM
Real people...then weird CGI people?....sounds like that other movie that just came out with all the blue people and cats and space ships (smurfs have space ships right?)
11. education - March 19, 2010 7:53 AM
It's like someone is making a film just to help us fully empathize with that wide-eyed guy on the subway steadily slapping a ball-peen hammer against his open palm.
12. mike - March 19, 2010 12:47 PM
Azaria is perfect for it...a great voice artist..