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Steve Carell Wants To Cast His Famous Friend In The Next Minions Movie
Minions: Rise of Gru star Steve Carell would love to see one of actor friends voice act in a future franchise film, including Will Ferrell.

Steve Carell Wants To Cast His Famous Friend In The Next Minions Movie

Steve Carell wants to cast his famous pals in the next entry in the Minions franchise. Carell stars as a young Gru in the most recent film in the Despicable Me franchise, Minions: The Rise of Gru. Rise of Gru is the sequel to 2015’s Despicable Me spinoff movie Minions. In Rise of Gru, Carell stars alongside a star-studded voice cast including Pierre Coffin, Alan Arkin, Michelle Yeoh, Taraji P. Henson, Steve Coogan, Danny Trejo, and Julie Andrews.

Carell has played Gru for over ten years, starting with the original Despicable Me in 2010. Since then, he acted in both its sequels, Despicable Me 2 and Despicable 3, and now reprises the role again in the prequel Rise of Gru. In Rise of Gru, Carell is tasked with the challenge of voicing a young version of Gru as Rise of Gru tells the story of Gru’s childhood and how he came to meet the minions. Carell is still slated to play Gru for at least a while longer, as Despicable Me 4 is currently in the works.

Now, Carell imagines who he would cast in future sequels: Will Ferrell. In a recent interview with Sky News, Carell discussed how much fun it has been to provide his voice in the Despicable Me films. He would also love for one of his famous friends and fellow actors to be a part of that fun, especially Ferrell. Check out Carell’s complete statement below:

“I’d love Stephen Colbert to be in one, I would love Will Ferrell to be in one, I mean, boy, any one of my friends I’d love to do one. They’re so much fun because they’re very collaborative, you can play around, you can kind of try anything, there’s no wrong way to do it, and I think you can tell when you watch them, they’re very freewheeling. All of the voice actors are giving a lot of themselves and not just reading the script, but embodying the character with much more than just the words.”

As an actor who has inhabited many outlandish roles, from Buddy in Elf to Ron Burgundy in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (also starring Carell), Ferrell certainly has the comedic chops to take on a future eccentric character in the next Despicable Me franchise film. As of yet, the series tends to veer towards casting comic actors, many of whom are already big names in the industry, so the series casting Ferrell or Colbert would not be a departure from the kind of actors they’re already using.

Whatever is in store for the next Despicable Me, there are almost sure to be more big-name stars attached to future Despicable Me and Minions projects. With current Minions: The Rise of Gru actors like Carell and Trejo expressing excitement about future installments, perhaps the Minions are apt to reappear in more sequels than just Despicable Me 4. Especially with Minions: The Rise of Gru’s colossal box office success during its opening weekend, the studio is likelier to want to make other films and cast prominent actors again.