Exclusive: Jim Gaffigan talks Pixar's Luca, filming during COVID and the Italian culture
Now available on Disney+ is Pixar’s original feature film “Luca,” a fun and heartwarming story about friendship, stepping out of your comfort zone and two teenage sea monsters who experience a life-changing summer.
Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, “Luca” is a story about one boy experiencing an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca shares these adventures with his newfound best friend, Alberto, but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are both sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
Directed by Academy Award nominee Enrico Casarosa (“La Luna”) and produced by Andrea Warren (“Lava,” “Cars 3”), the voice cast features Jacob Tremblay as Luca Paguro, Jack Dylan Grazer as Alberto Scorfano, Emma Berman as Giulia Marcovaldo, Saverio Raimondo as town bully Ercole Visconti, Maya Rudolph as Luca’s mom Daniela, Marco Barricelli as Giulia’s dad Massimo, Jim Gaffigan as Luca’s dad Lorenzo, and Sandy Martin as Luca’s grandma
For Jim Gaffigan, who voices Luca’s dad Lorenzo, this is not his first rodeo doing voice-over work. While this is his first time working with Pixar, the gifted comedian has worked on animation films such as Duck Duck Goose, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Playmobil: The Movie, and the upcoming Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. He’s also voice work on animated TV programs such as Bob's Burgers, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, and Rick and Morty. BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales caught up with Gaffigan as he spoke about working on this film and what learned from Italy’s culture.