Marcus Scribner in “The Good Dinosaur”
- By topman
- Dec 15, 2015
Watch this exclusive behind the scenes footage of Marcus Scribner in Disney Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” at 8 minutes, 30 seconds!
Marcus at the premiere of “The Good Dinosaur”
Black-ish’s Marcus Scribner in The Good Dinosaur
By Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News
POSTED: 11/23/15, 2:04 PM PST | UPDATED: 2 WEEKS, 6 DAYS AGO
Marcus Scribner, who plays sensitive eldest son Andre Johnson Jr. on the ABC hit “Black-ish,” voices a very different kind of older sibling in Pixar Animation’s “The Good Dinosaur” (Nov. 25). He’s Buck the Apatosaurus, whose younger brother Arlo (Raymond Ochoa) gets separated from his intelligent lizard family and must journey back home with the help of a human boy called Spot (Jack Bright).
“Buck is a very, very tough Apatosaurus,” 15-year-old Scribner explains. “He’s got a long neck like most Apatosauruses do, but he’s extremely burly, unlike his brother Arlo. I wouldn’t call it bullying, it’s more like playful teasing that Buck does to his brother. A lot of us have younger siblings and we like to tease them, so that’s how Buck really treats Arlo. Arlo is really scared as well, of everything, so it’s really easy for Buck to scare him without having to try.”
Recording his dialogue alone in a sound booth with appreciative guidance from the movie’s director Peter Sohn was a new and welcome thing for Scribner.
“It was very different from what I’m used to doing, especially on television where everything is really big on the screen and you get to convey some of your emotions through your face,” he explains. “When you’re doing voiceovers, it’s not like that. You can only bring your character to life through your voice, so you have to be animated and really let loose in the booth. I really enjoyed that about doing ‘Good Dinosaur’ and learned a lot. It was a good experience that I’m very glad I had — especially on a Pixar movie! I love the ‘Toy Stories,’ ‘Incredibles,’ all of that.”
He also loves “Black-ish,” about an upper middle-class African-American family living the good life while trying to keep it real in the San Fernando Valley.
“What is unique about ‘Black-ish’ is that we cover a lot of very important topics that are relevant in today’s media and society,” Scribner observes. “What makes the show interesting is that we really pack all of those subjects with comedy. That makes it easier for the audience to digest while still getting our point across. And we really leave it open for the viewers to decide what they think is right or wrong. My fellow cast members are awesome, too!”
A fourth-generation Los Angeleno himself, Scribner was a shy child who got into performing to get out of his shell.
“My mom let me decide if I wanted to try for sports or take an acting class, and not wanting to get injured I decided to go with an acting class,” recalls Scribner, who’s nonetheless played competitive lacrosse for seven years. “I feel really proud to have grown up in L.A. because there are a lot of people who move from, like, Oklahoma to pursue acting and stuff like that. But being born in Los Angeles, it was easier for me to go to auditions and attend school at the same time.
“Plus, the weather is beautiful all the time,” adds Scribner, who hails from the mid-city area near downtown. “I got to go to the beach … It’s just a great time, growing up in Los Angeles.”
(http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20151123/black-ishs-marcus-scribner-in-the-good-dinosaur)
- By topman
- Dec 15, 2015
Watch this exclusive behind the scenes footage of Marcus Scribner in Disney Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” at 8 minutes, 30 seconds!
Marcus at the premiere of “The Good Dinosaur”
Black-ish’s Marcus Scribner in The Good Dinosaur
By Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News
POSTED: 11/23/15, 2:04 PM PST | UPDATED: 2 WEEKS, 6 DAYS AGO
Marcus Scribner, who plays sensitive eldest son Andre Johnson Jr. on the ABC hit “Black-ish,” voices a very different kind of older sibling in Pixar Animation’s “The Good Dinosaur” (Nov. 25). He’s Buck the Apatosaurus, whose younger brother Arlo (Raymond Ochoa) gets separated from his intelligent lizard family and must journey back home with the help of a human boy called Spot (Jack Bright).
“Buck is a very, very tough Apatosaurus,” 15-year-old Scribner explains. “He’s got a long neck like most Apatosauruses do, but he’s extremely burly, unlike his brother Arlo. I wouldn’t call it bullying, it’s more like playful teasing that Buck does to his brother. A lot of us have younger siblings and we like to tease them, so that’s how Buck really treats Arlo. Arlo is really scared as well, of everything, so it’s really easy for Buck to scare him without having to try.”
Recording his dialogue alone in a sound booth with appreciative guidance from the movie’s director Peter Sohn was a new and welcome thing for Scribner.
“It was very different from what I’m used to doing, especially on television where everything is really big on the screen and you get to convey some of your emotions through your face,” he explains. “When you’re doing voiceovers, it’s not like that. You can only bring your character to life through your voice, so you have to be animated and really let loose in the booth. I really enjoyed that about doing ‘Good Dinosaur’ and learned a lot. It was a good experience that I’m very glad I had — especially on a Pixar movie! I love the ‘Toy Stories,’ ‘Incredibles,’ all of that.”
He also loves “Black-ish,” about an upper middle-class African-American family living the good life while trying to keep it real in the San Fernando Valley.
“What is unique about ‘Black-ish’ is that we cover a lot of very important topics that are relevant in today’s media and society,” Scribner observes. “What makes the show interesting is that we really pack all of those subjects with comedy. That makes it easier for the audience to digest while still getting our point across. And we really leave it open for the viewers to decide what they think is right or wrong. My fellow cast members are awesome, too!”
A fourth-generation Los Angeleno himself, Scribner was a shy child who got into performing to get out of his shell.
“My mom let me decide if I wanted to try for sports or take an acting class, and not wanting to get injured I decided to go with an acting class,” recalls Scribner, who’s nonetheless played competitive lacrosse for seven years. “I feel really proud to have grown up in L.A. because there are a lot of people who move from, like, Oklahoma to pursue acting and stuff like that. But being born in Los Angeles, it was easier for me to go to auditions and attend school at the same time.
“Plus, the weather is beautiful all the time,” adds Scribner, who hails from the mid-city area near downtown. “I got to go to the beach … It’s just a great time, growing up in Los Angeles.”
(http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20151123/black-ishs-marcus-scribner-in-the-good-dinosaur)