"Harry Potter vets lend their voices to Aardman Animations' 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' "

It's kind of a weird way for a relationship to start. This great big
Irishman falling for a wee small man made out of clay and his silent,
long-suffering dog. But to hear Brendan Gleeson tell the tale, that's
exactly how he wound up working with Aardman Animations on their latest feature-length production, The Pirates! Band of Misfits.

"Have you seen the Wallace and Gromit movies?," Gleeson
asked during a recent phone interview. "They're absolutely amazing,
don't you think? When I saw those cartoons, like everyone else, I
thought that they were funny as hell. But I also admired the wit of the
things. The subtle performances that the animators got out of those
characters, the attention to detail."

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Which is why — when Brendan finally got the chance to meet the
powers-that-be at Aardman — he immediately volunteered his services.

"I told them that if they ever wanted me to do the voice of a
character in one of their movies, I'm in. I don't even care who the
character is, I'll do it," Gleeson laughed. "Which is how I wound up
doing the voice of the Pirate with Gout in Band of Misfits."

Now what's intriguing about The Pirates! Band of Misfits is that it's kind of a Harry Potter
reunion for Brendan. Given that — among the well-known British
performers who voiced characters for this Sony Pictures Animation
release were …

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