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\nSince Coco<\/em> was announced, which itself feels like many moons ago, there has been loads of anticipation for the film and the Dia de los Muertos story it promises audiences. In a recent article released by Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, they revealed more about Hector, one of the supporting characters who’s going to take the film by storm. When\u00a0Miguel accidentally enters the Land of the Dead, it’s Hector who helps guide him through the world.
\nHector is voiced by Mexican actor Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal, and\u00a0Coc<\/em>o is Gael’s\u00a0first time doing voice over work\u00a0for animation and even singing on film. He was initially drawn towards this project due to Pixar’s strong storytelling techniques and the fact they’re tackling\u00a0such a huge Mexican tradition.<\/p>\n

\u201cDealing with a tradition that is very generous and very open, you can have many points of view and many takes on that tradition, and I was really curious what type of approach they were going to have, but the one they\u2019re going for is fantastic. The filmmakers have done a really great job in doing a big investigation and an amalgam of different traditions that go on in different parts of Mexico, but also explaining that it\u2019s not about establishing one single way of celebrating the Day of the Dead. There are many ways, and Coco<\/em>, the way they approach it, is a really beautiful one.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not only was the story a large part of Gael accepting the project, but he was also inspired by the character he was going to bring to life. Hector is unique to the previous roles that Gael is famous for, such as Rodrigo in Mozart in the Jungle<\/em> and Julio in Y Tu Mam\u00e1 Tambi\u00e9n<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s almost like Baloo in\u00a0The<\/em>\u00a0Jungle Book\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 he\u2019s a confident and fun guy to be with, but at the same time, he\u2019s having a very deep existential problem. He\u2019s living an interesting dichotomy in the Land of the Dead. We\u2019re at a turning point where most men want to be close to their kids, and this is something that three generations ago wasn\u2019t incorporated in society. The man was at work, then would enjoy the kids, but it wasn\u2019t like they had that emotional, physical, and practical need to be close to the kids. But now we do experience that \u2014 me, as a son, and as a father, I can tell you, you want to be close to your kids. And this is something that the character is going through. Little by little you start to understand the battle he\u2019s been fighting. Finding points of encounter between something you enjoy doing or something that you love, like music, and the time that the family requires. It\u2019s almost like a crisis point. It\u2019s something we\u2019re all finding ways how to make that better. That\u2019s Hector\u2019s spiritual beginning, or his departure point when this film starts.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From all of the trailers and the recent content that’s been released from Pixar, it’s obvious that Coco<\/em> is going to have a strong focus on family, especially one’s ancestry and\u00a0learning to appreciate where one has come from.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s so fantastic about this movie is that it really taps into interesting critical points of our understanding of our existence as a collective, and one of them is the family aspect. In general, the family conversation has become incredibly fluid. It can turn into different shapes and forms, and we\u2019re trying to talk about and establish new ways of how a family can be. At the same time, there is something really, really deep inside of this question that family is the foundation of our society. In a sense, we\u2019re questioning the family as a concept and as an end, and that\u2019s something that is really interesting and pushes the audience\u2019s appreciation about these issues.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We’re incredibly excited at Upcoming Pixar to be immersed in the music and culture that is just bursting through the images in all of the\u00a0Coco<\/em>\u00a0designs.\u00a0The film\u00a0is set to premiere in cinemas this November 22nd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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