Being able to attend the Press Event for Brave was incredible! I have never really interviewed anyone, let alone a celebrity so I was a little bit nervous that I would make a complete idiot out of myself, but everything worked out and I managed to wipe the stars out of my eyes quickly and try to remain as professional as possible when the gorgeous Kevin McKidd and Craig Ferguson walked into the room. For the beginning both of these guys where incredibly sweet and gracious and it made the atmosphere in the room much more relaxed and fun. I had a notepad and all of my questions ready to go, but for some reason every time I would get the nerve to get my question out someone would beat me to the punch and ask the say thing. It really is true that most mommy bloggers think alike. I do have to say that I was almost mesmerized by both of these amazing men’s accents and I could have listened to them talk all day long. Here are just a few of my favorite questions from the Interview with Kevin McKidd and Craig Ferguson.
Question #1:
Okay, I have a question. Um, first I’ll start with Kevin. Um, I’ve watched you for a long time I didn’t even know that you were Scottish until I saw an interview. I did not know you had an accent, so I was really impressed with your acting. What I wanna know is do you enjoy going back to your roots for a part or the challenge of taking on an accent? And also, is it harder to go back to your roots of Sc– you know, Scottish after you’ve been using an American accent for so long?
Kevin McKidd : Oh, it’s not. It’s like duck to water really. I mean love doing the accents. I’ve always — I — when I was brought up in the highlands of Scotland I was next to barracks, so there’s all these different accents, you know, different English, British Isles accents coming through, and I always mimic them. So, I love doing the American, you know, on the show. And it’s flattering to hear that you didn’t have a clue, you know. But so, you know, it’s, it’s fun to go back. It’s, it’s — you know, it’s fun to go back just to your own accent. You know, it’s make change, ‘cause I’m always having to have that part of my brain running fast — really fast just hope we get the accent correct. It’s — so you get to kinda spin all these twits. And suddenly you can just let it go and do your own accent, so it’s a real joy to do that.
Question #2: I have a question for both of you. Do you find it more difficult to get into character when you’re doing a voice versus like big Dr. Hunt on Grey’s Anatomy?
Craig Ferguson: Well —
Kevin McKidd : Are, are you own Grey’s Anatomy? [LAUGHS] I used to actually. I used to hate doing my own voice. I used to — when I was younger, I think ‘cause I was quite a shy boy and stuff. And that’s why I started acting, ‘cause I was really shy. And as soon as my dad put on a character or a voice I could like suddenly not be shy anymore, you know. And then so, when I was younger I hated any role, uh, to be — I didn’t like doing Trainspotting actually, because of that very reason, ‘cause I’ve got to speak just as myself, and I felt really like, uh, sort of exposed if you will. But as I’ve gotten older and more comfortable with that I think as I get a bit more comfortable.
Question #3: Are you excited to see, uh, this homage to Scotland, one? And then two, do you have kids, and have they seen the movie?
Craig Ferguson: Uh, we, we both have children, and they haven’t seen the movie, but they get to see it for free tonight [LAUGHS], so we’re both very excited. Yeah. Oh, yes, that’s nice. Um, it, it is. It’s always nice to be part of something that’s about Scotland. Uh, it’s, uh — I mean it doesn’t, it doesn’t roll up that often, uh, in, in this world. So, um, so, it’s nice. Yeah.
Question #4: Were there any visual cues they gave you in the room to help you feel the part more like?
Craig Ferguson : They show pictures of the, of the character. They, they show drawings and stuff of your character and other characters, which kinda helps. And when you — I don’t know how Kevin does a bad — and, and when you go in that booth on your own I kinda close my eyes and, you know, you go into that world. So, if you have drawings of people who live in that world it helps. You know. Um, so, yeah, they give — they do give some visual help to it. Did they do that with you?
Kevin McKidd: Yeah, they did do — but they — I mean did they do that thing? They show you the whole film? It’s like — but it’s all like paints of sketches? So, you sat there for about an hour and a half and they talk –they talk — they kind of talk the whole film to you, but it’s all like just literally white paper and pencil sketches, and some of it’ll move a little bit. And that was interesting just to see that part of the, the process. You know, they, they based that storyboard, a moving storyboard, and that really helped me as well, you know. But, yeah, the good — it’s really —
Question #5: Was it hard to like nail your comedic timing when you’re by yourself in the booth and not having a reaction or working with anyone else?
Kevin McKidd: It wasn’t — I found it quite tricky, but Mark Andrews, the Director and Brenda, were really good at just — I mean I think Mark Andrews was — he’s quite kind of larger than life manager. So, he just — he would do a line and then you see them and they weren’t quite happy, and then he’d say — he’d come with the, the mic and go say the line again and pretend your character just got poked in the eye with a stick. And stuff like that and go what. He just goes just do it. Just do it.
Craig Ferguson: That’s a, that’s a, that’s a good impression of — you, you, you really got him on that. You really like him. [LAUGHS]
Kevin McKidd: So, you know, he go and — you go and, you know what I mean, got your juices flowing. That’s about the right phrase you would use.
Question #6: Could you tell me what your favorite Disney movie of all times, both of you guys?
Kevin McKidd: Of all times? Um, what was the one, what was the one with the cat — there was like two cats or something like that. It’s Aristocrats. I really liked that.
Craig Ferguson : Wall-E, uh, the — of recent time Wall-E is my favorite. I love that. I don’t so — ‘cause I have young kids, and I’ve seen it 500, 600 times. So, you know, I — like I’ve seen it more than the guys who made it.
The interview was fantastic and both Craig Ferguson and Kevin McKidd were adorable, friendly and very funny! I loved watching them interact with each other, it seemed like most of us were laughing the whole time! A big thank you to both of these guys for taking the time to answer a few questions for us mommy (and daddy) bloggers. This was definitely one of those moments I will never forget. I also wanted to share with you a clip from an interview with Kevin McKidd on The Late Late show with Craig Ferguson where they gave a small shout out to our Mommy Blogger Interview. It’s at about the 1:40 second mark.