STACK #145 Nov 2016

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“ I t’s amazing to me that Dory has resonated with people so much,” says Ellen DeGeneres, who lends her voice to the funny regal tang fish in the latest Disney animated blockbuster. “Dory was such a big part of Finding Nemo that it makes sense that people might wonder about her journey. We want to see how it worked out for her: are Marlin and Nemo her

living happily in the reef with Marlin and Nemo about a year after their life-changing adventure. However, when Dory suddenly remembers that she has a family out there who may actually be looking for her, she recruits Marlin and Nemo for a life-changing adventure across the ocean to California’s prestigious Marine Life Institute, a rehabilitation centre/aquarium. The film reunited

Also on board for Finding Dory is the chart-topping singer- songwriter Sia, who performs the film’s end-credit song Unforgettable . The Australian star agreed to sing the song when the voice of Dory herself – DeGeneres – phoned her personally. "Dory’s story makes me teary,” says Sia. “When Ellen asked me, I couldn’t refuse!” Unforgettable is a standard from the great American songbook and was one of Nat King Cole’s signature songs. However, just as Robbie Williams did with Beyond The Sea on Finding Nemo , co-director Andrew Stanton believes the singer offers a fresh new take on the beloved song. “Sia captures the soulful truth of the Nat King Cole classic and makes it all her own,” he says. “They are a perfect complement to one another.”

family now? Does she have a family and will she ever remember them?” Of course, these days the comedienne is probably better known for The Ellen DeGeneres Show , which went to air a few months after Finding Nemo and has grown into a hugely popular chatshow that is broadcast around the world. However, DeGeneres never gave up on the idea of reprising the role, so she

DeGeneres and Albert Brooks as Marlin with Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton, who helms the sequel with

It’s about finding the courage to do something ... even if she couldn’t remember she wanted to do it.

Angus MacLane ( Toy Story of Terror! ). New additions to the cast include Modern Family stars Ed O’Neill and Ty Burrell, and Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton as Dory’s parents. The new story features a deeper side of the ever- optimistic fish, challenging

was delighted when much of the old team reunited for the hit sequel Finding Dory . “I was campaigning for a sequel to Finding Nemo for 13 years,” she jokes, “But I never imagined it would be Finding Dory . So that was the real surprise when I finally got the call.” Finding Dory  finds the titular character

DeGeneres to showcase a wide range of emotion. “Doing an animated film is really fun,” she says. “But it can be difficult because every emotion has to come from your voice. You can’t pretend to cry, because that just sounds like you’re pretending to cry. So it’s all real – real conversations, real emotion. 

• Finding Dory is out on DVD & BD Nov 16

“It’s a story about family,” DeGeneres continues. “It’s about finding the courage to do something she’s always wanted to do—even if she couldn’t remember she wanted to do it.”

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