The Firefly and Castle favorite plays the Elon Musk of automobiles in Cars 3.
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Nathan Fillion:No.
Hes the new kind of Elon Musk sort of CEO that were seeing now.
This is the more modern conception of CEOs, I think what were seeing.
It makes the drama in this particular film a little more real.
Sterling is there to protect his investment.
Hes invested in Lightning McQueens brand.
It means taking him out while hes still at the top.
I think hes short-sighted.
I dont think hes ruled by his heart.
I think hes ruled by business.
Which doesnt make him a bad person.
Did it take a while to find the right tone and nuance for the voice?
He was an evolution.
As the movie goes on, theyll be like, Oh!
Were gonna change these two scenes to be more of this way.
You come in, you do three or four of these recordings.
Is your approach to voiceover any different from your approach to live-action?
Honestly, you have to prepare less.
When I prepare an audition, Im thinking about choices.
Im thinking about where Im looking, when I look there, what has my attention.
Its my whole entire body.
When I do a voiceover, you dont have to care.
You dont worry about the body.
Somebody else takes care of the body.
Its a team effort at that point.
Somebody else is taking care of that.
You just give that up.
In a case like Pixar, you give it up with absolute trust.
Theres nobody around you to do the scenes with.
More so than in a live action film.
Did you get to see the car before doing the voice?
Does that impact you in any way as youre doing your recording sessions?
Hes upper class, but nothing too fancy.
What do you think is the appeal in particular of this series?
Once we give that up, once we forgive that, everything else works.
And I think thats what Pixar does so very, very well, is story.
I think thats why we care.
you might always count on him to be loyal and happy.
you might always count on that truck.
Which is goofy to me.
I mean its weird and funny and happy and wonderful to me.
Im looking at a tow truck knowing I can count on that guy.
And had every holy bat-whatever Robin ever said was in this book.
I was able to meet Adam West a couple of times.
He was always a pleasant, fantastic guy.
Im gonna miss him very much.
Youre not the first person to ask that and I get it.
And a lot of fans want that to happen.
Those two guys have done so much for me.
I mean, its crazy what theyve done for me and my career.
You know what I mean?
When I see them its to hang out and laugh and have fun and thats what we do.
Having said that, what was the story with you andGuardians of the Galaxy Vol.
The story was James loves to put his friends in his movies.
Thats what we would say, and thats what James is doing.
The scene caused some confusion, so the scene got cut.
And theres some still some pretty awesome posters out there.
And the picture of you with the long hair in the spaceship?
But people were going crazy.
The fact that people would enjoy the show, or enjoy the work I did is fantastic to me.
And if theres a legacy forCastleI would hope that would be it.
Cars 3is out in theaters Friday (June 16).
