WATCH! Disney's Mars Needs Moms trailer! Plus Seth Green interview!


We catch up with actor Seth Green to find out about his new 3D alien adventure, Disney's Mars Needs Moms...

NG Kids Hi Seth! What can you tell us about your character in Mars Needs Moms?
Seth Green I play a nine-year-old boy called Milo. He reads comic books and loves zombie movies, but he’s not into eating his vegetables!

NGK What happens in the movie?
Seth Mars Needs Moms is a really fun 3D adventure. When Milo’s mum is abducted by aliens, it’s up to Milo to go to Mars and save the day!

NGK Did you have fun playing a kid?
Seth I had a great time on the set of the movie, but it was challenging to play a nine-year-old. I’m much older than that in real life!

NGK How did you shoot the film?
Seth The movie was made using ‘performance capture’ filmmaking. That’s the same way that films like Avatar and A Christmas Carol were made. The actors perform the entire movie wearing skin-tight Velcro suits in a massive, empty room with hundreds of cameras recording the action!

NGK Wow! Was it hard work shooting the movie?
Seth I spent 95% of the time flying around the set in a harness, which was a bit of a challenge. But it was all worth it – the film looks amazing!

NGK Is that your voice coming out of Milo’s mouth?
Seth No, it’s not. I’m a 37-year-old man playing a 9-year-old boy, so we got a real kid to re-record my dialogue. It sounds much better than my old voice!

NGK What’s the best thing about working on a performance capture movie?
Seth You don’t have to sit in a make-up chair for two hours when you film a movie like this! You have loads of dots put on your face, but that’s it. The wardrobe is the same every day, too. It was amazing.

NGK So why does Mars need mums?
Seth The Martians on Mars have no ability to raise their kids, so they kidnap mothers from Earth to do the job for them.

Mars Needs Moms is in cinemas now!

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