00:00i saw deadpool jesus it kind of hurt my heart i was a little bit like
00:05we're gonna start confusing everything now there's gonna be iron man chapter one
00:09everybody's gonna be when uh deadpool died on the cross i was like oh man
00:14hey uh this is sanjay shah i'm the showrunner and executive producer of everybody still hates chris
00:26i'm here with the cast this is a reimagining of the iconic show everybody hates chris uh and uh and
00:35we're here with the hollywood reporter at san diego comic-con 2024 which parts of the live
00:40action show have been translated to this animated version and which parts are entirely new
00:45well uh we treated the original show as canon but this is a continuation of the original uh
00:54and what animation allowed us to do is really world build beyond what was capable in a live
01:00action show so you know the other you know beauty of and bringing this world into animation is being
01:07able to lean into the fantasy moments that this show is really known for so i hope that answers
01:12your question it's borrowing from the tone of the original uh and it's a continuation of the original
01:17while respecting the original but it is its own permutation of that show it's a brand new fresh
01:22version of that show terry and tashina you both are reprising your roles from the original show
01:29what made you want to come back to this world oh well what made me want to come back to this world
01:36was just everybody hates chris was an amazing show with amazing people not just in front of the camera
01:44but behind the camera as well and we had a great synergy we had lovely time working with each other
01:51but we actually were part of the process of these characters create being created and and culminating
01:58throughout the years the five five years four years we were on um amazing experience but go ahead
02:05terry no i gotta say this because what was very important to me is that we picked up picked up where
02:11we left off because i felt like it wasn't done when we were when that last episode aired we didn't know
02:19that was it like we were just going oh no like we were nervous and you you go 20 years and then
02:26to get the chance to do this again and when we read that script and i got to see all these people on
02:33our zooms together and i couldn't believe it i said we picked up right where we left off this is
02:40everybody hates chris but the next iteration and everybody still hates chris it's beautiful
02:45sanjay's done an amazing job at just keeping the the the no honestly keeping the the just the core the
02:54root the feel of what we already did and going in the booth with him i was just very excited because
03:02he was very just very conscious of what we had already laid down um as actors and here we are and it's
03:10very hard for me to try to do rochelle without moving so yeah because i was my character was so
03:18you know used to being physical so it was a little challenge but uh challenge very very much um uh you
03:25know accepted well i i want to also add the fact that you know tashina and i let me tell you it
03:34it changed my life forever because this is the woman who actually taught me how to act he loves
03:40me but that's his wife over there so he loves me i do love her i do love her and it was wild because
03:46she she uh hinted on this a little bit earlier but we developed these characters um these you know
03:52julius and rochelle came from our hearts yes and it's wild to me right now that i have grown men
04:01and women who come up to me all the time fully bearded men and women okay that are like hey i
04:08grew up on everybody i grew up on that show and i'm going what um and to see the impact over the years
04:17um and then another thing i have to mention is that the state of comedy has changed
04:21in a lot of ways um there were things we did on the show back then that was like whoa you can't do
04:27that now but in animation you can't in fact in animation you could push it you could actually
04:35get more in depth into what the show is like and let me tell you this thing is it's bigger than us
04:42uh it represents so much more i mean you're talking about chris rock his real family his real
04:50upbringing um and the good thing is you know he becomes one of the most famous superstars in the
04:56world so you could just be heartless when you when you go at him with comedy as a young man you know
05:03what i mean and i have to give it up everybody in this cast is it's so wild because as i hear it
05:09and i'm going oh my god these are like the same it just feels the same in every way shape and form
05:18for the rest of you what has it been like stepping into this world
05:20oh wow um well i mean for one it's an honor because well like these you know fully bearded grown
05:35men i as well grew up on that show so it's literally like a full circle moment now to
05:41be on the next part of it it's it's an honor to be able to work with such amazing people
05:47it's a surreal thing and i i can't feel anything but bless it's a blessing for real for real yeah i
05:53agree man it's a blessing it's crazy because this is one of my favorite shows and so like this is like
06:00a dream come true for me just paying homage to the original but like we go beyond that with look
06:06chris being 17 and everything like that following his journey and so i'm just look i'm excited for
06:12y'all to see it i'm excited i'm excited to get into the fun of it i mean the show in and of itself was
06:18always such and then it was it was nostalgic too because it's like okay that's that's exactly how
06:24i grew up like that's yes my dad all the jobs my mom crazy and then to you know to grow up watching
06:32it and then to come in and get to play in it and then get to share in this in this the this
06:38these legends these icons comic icon it's like
06:42i mean how
06:46he's okay he's okay but this icon especially as somebody who loves and enjoys doing comedy it's
06:54it's truly amazing yeah it feels so great adding to the legacy of a show that i feel
07:00everybody needs right now everybody still loves chris man no the show is um it's one of the few
07:07comedies that pushes the boundary but still has so much heart and you fall in love with the characters
07:12even if you're seeing them struggle you want to see them win um and there aren't a lot of comedies that
07:17are vulnerable like that so it's been fantastic feeling like we're adding to a great legacy tim
07:24you are voicing young chris have you gotten the chance to meet tyler and did he give you any
07:30advice on taking on this role i haven't got the chance to meet tyler tyler's the man
07:35he is the man oh look growing up watching him in the show um he inspires me as a performer just like
07:41watching him and all the other projects and you know he's killing it um so you know i i love that
07:48what he you know what he's doing and paying homage to him and what he's done um but yeah i think it's
07:54really cool that i got to you know do my thing in this and you know have my interpretation and i'm
08:01reprising this way did any of you get to record in the voiceover booth together or did you do all
08:05your scenes separately separate separate i gotta say you know we got together during the pandemic
08:13um our first time we actually read the first script together was all on zoom and to see you know a lot
08:21of people come back like jackie mazzarela um ernest thomas was on there jackie harry just you know
08:28there were there were a lot of established characters and beautiful actors and actresses
08:34that were all in you know that have been a part of this world that came back in that zoom and i was
08:40just like i was really emotional it was very very emotional but um we were just sitting here and
08:47talking like we all can we need to arrange where we can all get together and do it you know that way
08:53in person but now um having done so many episodes and we still have yet to actually look at everything
09:02you know what i mean so you know we're going to be seeing some things for the first time right
09:06along with the rest of the comic-con audience which is very exciting since we are at comic-con i want
09:13to have you answer some bucket questions from our wolverine bucket and you can just pull one out and
09:20answer it okay okay what's the best costume you've seen so far at comic-con i saw a costume but
09:36i think i think he was a homeless man so i don't know
09:39they dress nice over here so that may take it that may be the best
09:45it's eccentric it's interesting
09:49well i've said first of all i've seen a lot of deadpools but i i saw a mecca deadpool yesterday
09:56it was crazy this man like um and he had like like the prop guy written on the back of like his um
10:03his suit and i was like this is most definitely a prop person thing but like it it was crazy he had
10:08these stilts on he like you could tell he detailed the mechanics of the legs these ginormous so it was
10:14crazy he put i can imagine he put many many hours into that costume so i think i think that one that
10:21was probably the best costume i saw well i i don't know if it was the best but it was definitely the
10:25most memorable i saw deadpool jesus it kind of hurt my heart i was a little bit like i'm gonna start
10:32confusing everything now there's gonna be iron man chapter one everybody's gonna be when uh
10:37deadpool died on the cross i was like oh man we all gotta stop now you know what i mean i think we
10:43went too far
10:44put it in idiocracy too
10:48that hurt my heart it did what is your all-time favorite cinematic universe
10:57star wars that was the first big movie i saw like because yeah i'm born in 1969 so star wars the first
11:09star wars was pretty big for us pretty big x-men it was excellent for me the old school dun dun dun dun dun
11:17dun dun dun dun that's my that's my favorite for sure um i think mine is definitely avengers marvel
11:24avengers because um i remember i still remember the first time i went to the theater to see the first
11:29avengers i remember we were all in a circle and that music was playing dun dun dun dun dun du
11:35dun dun dun dun dun dun dun it was like half of america was like avengers assemble and they just
11:42went off yo yo crazy i think we got all the eras
11:46oh me
11:51see this is not a universe
11:53but anything spider-man
11:56Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Anything Spartan.
11:59Mine is a drum line. It's not a universe at all, but I wish they would make it one because my son's a drummer and I would like him to to have that.
12:08Everything Matt Groening, The Simpsons, Futurama, all that was like my childhood.
12:12It's a big reason why I do voiceover, because that like made that I still watch The Simpsons on repeat.
12:18We are so happy to be in this room and be at Comic-Con because it's just a wonderful world to be in.
12:23We get to be in the studio and just create, create, but not just physically, but through our voices.
12:30And if you think about it, sound is heard everywhere. So even if you don't see us, you'll always hear us.
12:36So it's fun. A lot, a lot of fun. And it's cool to be a part of this new world.
12:39This is new. This is my first Comic-Con, so I'm very excited.
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