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hysterically, and said, "It's going in
the movie!"
SL: It's such a great performance.
Having him do things like the little
"Sieg Heil" salute he does was just
perfect. The only thing that gives it
away, that it's a person, is the little
"uh-oh!" when he sees the bad guy.
MM: That's something
I've been putting in every film. That's
my "Wilhelm Scream," just so you
know. I've been putting "uh-ohs" in
movies since 1976!
SL: Well, I'm getting ahead of
ourselves … but I called you on that
in Good Night Oppy!
MM:
SL: Because that made me laugh!
And I think I was the only one in the
screening room laughing at that!
MM: No one else has caught that!
I'm so glad that you caught that.
SL: We'll get to that. I definitely
want to talk about that. Because
you were able to use all the existing
sounds of the real rover to make a
"voice," and it was brilliant. But…
MM: …Back to Frank Welker!
SL: …Yes please.
MM: Because I remembered
all these voices he used to do, I
remembered that he also did a
rat voice. And in that session, we
zoomed down to the scene where
the ark is in the cargo hold of
the ship, and you see a rat in the
foreground writhing in pain. And I
said, "Frank, can you do that?" And
that's Frank's vocal effects as well.
SL: He also did the guard dogs
howling in the desert that you hear
outside when they're questioning
Marion.
MM: That's right! I forgot about that.
He's just amazing.
SL: I think he's somewhat retired
now…?
MM: No! He's still working. And we
just talked about this—there's a new
Gremlins cartoon coming out…
SL: Right! Is he doing it?
MM: He is NOT. And that's what we
talked about. We were both a bit
let down that there was no contact
whatsoever. But I guess this is a
"reboot" or something. We felt that
we were an important part of … the
feel of the original Gremlins.
SL: That's too bad. But let's talk
about the film. You wrangled all
Mark won Oscars in 2016 for Mad Max: Fury
Road
(2015) and in 2022 for Dune: Part One
(2021), as well as the BAFTA for Best Sound
for
Dune: Part One.
