My kids love Big Hero 6, so much that my 7 year old walks around asking people “On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain?”. He does it almost every day to me, so I have to laugh (especially since I box and today I would rate my pain at a 10!). That is why it was so amazing to interview Scott Adsit who does Baymax's voice. It was surreal to have him do Baymax's voice in front of us. I swear I got goosebumps! We had a lot to ask him!
We first asked Scott how he found Baymax's voice.
I didn't know if it would be a robotic voice, and they brought me in for the audition. The script was the first indication that it wouldn't be a typical robotic voice. When I saw the picture, I just saw soft and huggable, so I found a very benign bedside manner voice. I mixed that with a state of the art of robotic interaction vocally which is pretty much an automated phone system. He will talk with the flow, but then there are elements within a sentence that are variables, so they'll sound a little separate from the rest of it.
When then asked if he looked at any past cinematic robots for inspiration for what not to do.
I more looked at family members who are very soft, huggable, and benign. I didn't research other robots. First of all, I know all the other robots, and if I going to research it, it would be to stay away from C3PO.
We then asked how Baymax evolved throughout the film.
We found the voice pretty early on in the audition, I think. The big change was somewhere in the middle of the process. They decided to give him another facet which is when he loses power and becomes, for lack of a better word, drunk. I came in and they introduced this concept to me, and they'd scripted a bit of it. My first question was okay, so how do I take that voice and make it drunk, because it is such a straight line, the voice. I said so do you want it to sound like, like a robot who's drunk? And they said no, just be drunk. Then they put a process, a little filter on that, which Baymax has and that was it. I just played over the top drunk.
An interesting thing about the processing filter on Baymax. I was told this after the fact. John Lassiter, who is the man in charge of the studio, wanted there to be a processing on my voice, but he also wanted my voice to come through. They would bring him examples of a filter that they wanted to use in the sound department, and he would say no, dial it back a bit, dial it back a little bit. They kept dialing it back, dialing it back, until eventually, it was just my voice, no filter. John liked what I was doing naturally. What they ended up doing was a combination. They have all that filter on me at the beginning when you meet Baymax, and then during the course of the film, they dial it back, dial it back, dial it back, so that by the end, and I don't know if you've all seen the movie, but in the, at the, in the last scene in, in the void, um, there is no filter on my voice at all. It's just me.
He finds his humanity with a subtle kind of a subtextual thing that subliminally you may not notice. I didn't.
We asked if he went home (aff) and stayed in character.
Yes. I was just talking to Daniel before I came in her, and he has such an altruistic character in Tadashi. We were saying wouldn't it be great to be egoless and helpful your whole life and every day but we can't do it. I would go home (aff) and I would catch myself talking with the voice, which is not much different from my voice, but I know when I got it on. I would have to catch myself saying don't, don't start talking like him all the time because then that would really annoy people, especially casting directors.
Since the movie came out, we did ask how many fist bumps he's been forced to do.
I'm never forced to do it, and it happens a few times a week. Not everyone knows it's me either. I'll get more 30 Rock requests from people because they see my face.
We then asked if being the silent hero changed him.
I see the value in just entertaining without needing to feed my own ego. There's a certain satisfaction in being a stage actor where you get an immediate response. You can walk off, and say that was great. That's part of the reward of that. With this, it is bigger than me, and I know I'm a small part of what makes Baymax Baymax and so lovable, because Baymax is this diamond with every facet being a different person.
When we talk about Baymax, it’s not me, you know. It's everyone who worked on it, who decided how he walks and how he blinks, all of that.
So here's the really cool part now, I got to interview the actual Baymax. I asked on Facebook what I should ask, and he answered two of those questions!
What question would you ask Baymax? Have you seen Big Hero 6 yet? Did you learn anything about Scott Adsit that you didn't know before?
That is a really cool interview. My kids and I loved that movie. Like a lot.
Oh, Baymax. Whenever I see Baymax, my pain is a 0. I think I have no watched this movie more than my kids!
“I see the value in just entertaining without needing to feed my own ego. ” – I love this, this can apply to anyone really! Great quote!
We haven’t seen this movie yet but my kids cannot wait. It looks really cute!
I love Baymax, and I love Scott Adsit. He seems like a really down to earth guy.
Considering I’ve never heard of Scott Adsit before, I would say I learned a lot about him. He seems like a very humble guy.
What a great interview! You know, I’ve seen Big Hero 6 several times already, and I never noticed a change in Baymax’s voice. That’s an interesting little tidbit!
If I could ask THE Baymax anything, it would be how it felt for a big, squishy med bot to be fight the forces of evil.
Not only have we seen Big Hero 6, we own it! My kids loved it and to be honest so did my husband and I. There were so many great messages in this movie and Baymax was a great character!
What a fun interview! I had not heard of Scott Adsit before and he seems like a cool guy! I have not seen the movie but we just got it in the mail and plan to see it this weekend.
What an amazing interview, all the kids love the big huggable robot Baymax!
Baymax has such a great voice, I really loved Big Hero 6 when I saw it!
30 Rock? Oh yeah, now I know where I’ve seen Baymax before. Ha!
I loved that movie so much, and Baymax is such a sweetheart! I would ask HIM “on a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain?” and see what he said in response! Hehe
That must have been so cool. I actually just saw this movie advertised for the first time earlier today. Can’t wait to see it. I saw that it got great reviews. Thank you for sharing.
what an awesome interview. My son loved this movie so much.
This is really interesting about his voice and how they kept it. Love the interview.
I really want to watch this movie! I heard they won an Oscar too!
We haven’t seen this movie yet but it’s on the list. I’ve heard great things about it.
How awesome! You got to meet the man behind the voice! BayMax is simply adorable 🙂
What an adorable movie. I will be renting it for sure.
I can’t wait to watch this movie..and what a great opportunity for you! Great interview!
You got to interview Baymax! Very cool, indeed! 🙂 LOL on the bump requests. 🙂
I love tat you got to interview Baymax! 😉 We love the movie.
My son loves Baymax! It is awesome that you got to interview the man behind the character!
I would have to rate my physical pain as a 7. Oh wait you probably didn’t want to know that. Hehe. I’ll have to check out the movie to understand this line.
The kids and I watched the movie and we too love Baymax. Great that you managed to interview the voice behind the character.
What a great interview. I still haven’t seen Big Hero 6 yet. I’m hoping my daughters and I will be able to see it soon. It seems like a great movie!
What an awesome interview. My nephew love this movie and Baymax.
I was just discussing this at our PTA meeting and we will be showing this for our April movie night for our schools families. Loved it! http://www.parentinghealty.com
This is great! And Big Hero is huge over here too!
I will have to watch this movie. I have been only hearing good things.
He is so funny. He was great in 30 Rock and I imagine he is great in this, too.
I can’t wait to see this movie on dvd!! What a great interview experience!!!
With all the snow days we have been getting, I need to buy this. Then we can watch it next time we are trapped. 🙂
I have been getting tired of watching the same stuff over and over. I might be watching this soon. Thanks for the suggestion.
We happened to love this movie. Our family just watched it for the third time the other night.
Great interview! My kids love this movie, I have yet to see it! I’m looking forward to it!
You can’t help but love that big, fluffy adorable Baymax. This movie is adorable!
Great interview! We all love the movie, and my son loves Baymax a lot! 🙂
Davey seen the commercial this morning and asked me to go get the movie so we can watch it tonight.
Such a great opportunity! My son loves Big Hero 6! I have yet to watch it but I have heard great things
What a neat interview. This makes me want to see the movie even more.
This is a great interview. I loved the movie Big Hero 6. I am going to pick up a copy so i can watch it at home.
Great interview! I really enjoyed this movie and hoping for a second one soon. Very touching story.
What a fun job perk! I still haven’t seen the movie, but it’s on our plan for this weekend.
I have not yet seen this movie but it looks really cute:)
I love Baymax. If only they had something like that in real life. I would so pay money to have that.
This is a really great interview! He was great as Baymax from what I’ve seen from trailers. I can’t wait to see the movie proper!
We fist bump here all the time. Kiddo and I went to see this movie in the theaters. It was so much fun and we giggled about it for days. Her dad was upset because we had all these inside jokes. hahah He and I finally saw the movie a few weeks ago.
My tot is jealous you met Baymax!!! Such a great interview!
great interview. we just watched this today and my kids loved it! I know we will be buying it for sure.
What a great interview and it’s great to learn a bit more about the man behind the voice. My kids have watched the movie and they all love it!
Now I can’t wait to see this movie even more!
Wow! We’ve seen Big Hero 6 and I didn’t realize that Scott Adsit was the voice of Baymax!! Loved reading your interview!
Great interview. I can’t wait to finally see this movie.
What an awesome opportunity to interview Scott! I loved him in 30Rock! So cool! Great interview!
We haven’t seen Big Hero 6 yet and my hubby was surprised to see it for sale last night at Walmart. We are going to pick it up this week.
I’m about to finally watch this movie!! Can’t wait! 🙂
I love this interview! We just finished watching Big Hero 6 and my son loved it. I appreciate when I get a behind the scenes look into a movie and characters.
I haven’t seen this movie yet. However, my family and I are looking forward to seeing it! 🙂
WOW! I just saw this movie with my son. This is a great interview. Love knowing the geniuses that make up this movie 🙂
Just today, my nephew was all about Big Hero 6, and he wants to see it. It’s actually playing for 1.75 at our second-run movie theater. I wouldn’t mind seeing it with him.
We haven’t seen the movie yet. I would love to though because I know for certain that our son would totally enjoy it.
Seriously our favorite movie right now!
What a joyful interview. I plan to see the movie this season. I’m glad it won an award too. 🙂
I love Big Hero 6! We just got the movie and watched it like 10 times. Such a great movie
My kids loves Big Hero 6, and its really awesome.!!!
We just got the movie and LOVED it. Baymax is the best.
Quite an awesome interview – my cousins were a fan they’d love this.