00:10Here, hold this when I say so.
00:13Hello, my name is Harold Zwart.
00:15I'm the director of movies such as The Karate Kid,
00:18Pink Panther, Agent Cody Banks,
00:20and now I'm embarking on my first animated feature,
00:24Vyquins.
00:26Vyquins is the story of two Viking girls,
00:29Ingrid, heir to the throne,
00:31and Hedvick, her fearless best friend
00:33and daughter of the blacksmith.
00:36I really had fun creating Hedvick
00:39because I felt like, you know, she was me.
00:42Me, Hedvick!
00:43We're taking the kid back!
00:46Vyquins!
00:48To Constantinople!
00:50I love stories of personal transformation
00:53and I was really drawn to Ingrid as a character
00:56because she has huge growth.
00:59Like most young people, they believe their parents are heroes.
01:04Dad! Ingrid!
01:05That's what they've always been told.
01:07Everybody loves a Viking.
01:09Everybody loves a Viking!
01:11Woo!
01:11They praise our lord and child!
01:14They always run to greet us!
01:16But when a young Chinese stowaway tumbles out of a bag of stolen treasures,
01:21they vow to return the boy to his home
01:23and embark on a voyage across oceans and continents.
01:28Along the way, they discover their parents are not heroes at all,
01:32but rather awful travelers.
01:34What's all that?
01:36So this is the silhouette!
01:38Exactly!
01:38And the bard?
01:40I, um, I love him.
01:42He's...
01:43He hasn't got the best singing voice in the world.
01:46Well, this is, uh...
01:48As a live-action director, I've always been chasing something real.
01:52I insisted on having all the actors in the studio at the same time.
01:56Getting to work with actors in the booth,
01:58and it's...
01:59It's really special.
02:01I didn't know it would make as big of a difference as it does,
02:04just with the energy.
02:05It was a total logistical nightmare,
02:07but that's where all the magic happened.
02:09I hate sailing!
02:11You're a Viking!
02:12No, I'm a musician!
02:14Much safer career.
02:19I loved it!
02:20It's arms!
02:25What?
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