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her love life left off. Then in this movie
she has another encounter with a
possible love interest, but she’s not
exactly excited about it.”
One of the highlights of returning to
the Despicable Me series, for Cosgrove,
is the adorable yellow goofballs known
as the Minions. But that’s not the only
thing bringing her back.
“I think it’s two things. First, there’s
the Minions. It’s hard not to enjoy
watching them do what they do. And
then also because each film has been
about family, especially with the first
film centering on Gru becoming a better
person by adopting the three girls.”
In
Despicable Me 3
, Gru (Steve
Carell), Lucy (Kristen Wiig), and their
three girls embark on a family holiday,
only to run into Gru’s long lost brother,
Dru. Along the way, the group also
encounter a new batch of Minions,
which begs the question
– which is Cosgrove’s
favourite?
“Well, my personal
favourite Minion is still Bob, the one
who has different coloured eyes,” she
says, adding that she actually has a toy
Bob at home. “So for me, he’s kind
of the sweetest, the most loveable.
And Mel is now the second. I really
like him too. It’s kind of like a love-hate
relationship between him and Gru
in this movie. I thought it was funny
how he’s the one leading all the other
Minions to stray from Gru, to try to find
somebody who really wants to be a
villain still, but then in the end he’s the
one who misses Gru the most. It was
so cute.”
It's likely we haven’t seen the last of
Gru or the Minions, but does Cosgrove
know what’s next for them all?
“I don’t know if there are any plans
[for another sequel], but I would be
completely up for it. I’ve had a great
time making all three movies. I mean,
I think it could be fun to see the
girls help Gru and Lucy now that
they’re a kind of a family of
superheroes.”
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FEATURE
DVD&BD
Bello yellow!
Knowyour Minions...
While it’s believed that Gru employs some 10,400
Minions – based on a
Despicable Me 2
poster – there are
only 48 varieties with a mere five different hairstyles... Yet
he seems to know each by name. Now THAT is one caring
employer!
Minions originally started life as taller, more human
characters, before inspiration from Star Wars’ Jawas and
Willy Wonka’s Oompa Loompas struck. We also suspect that
Twinkies were in the mix there somewhere.
The fiercely loyal and lovable Minions were added to
the original
Despicable Me
script in order to make Gru
more likeable. The theory was that if he was surrounded by
incompetence, then people would empathise with him.
The three Minion protagonists in the
Minions
movie –
Kevin, Stuart and Bob – were designed to resemble Gru’s
daughters, Margo, Edith and Agnes.
Minionese, the language that the little guys speak, is
for the most part a mish-mash of real languages, including
French, English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Russian and
Korean. Every Minion is voiced by director Pierre Coffin.
I think I’m leaning more towards acting now. I love comedy, and
I’d love to be on a good comedyTV show. I still like music too.
I think that’s why I like the show
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
. It’s one of
my favourites. It’s a comedy and she also sings in it. I think if I
were to sing again, it’d be fun to do something comedic.
Are you still doing much
onthe musical side?
•
Despicable
Me 3
is out on
Sept 20