Chris Renaud voices him, and is also the director of both movies. He recently appeared in the comedy movie Tag.Ĭhris Renaud is Norman - Norman the guinea pig was stuck in the ventilation shafts during The Secret Life of Pets, but he's found his way out now and plays a bigger role in The Secret Life of Pets 2. Hannibal Buress is the voice of Buddy, best known for Bad Neighbors, and Broad City. Hannibal Buress is Buddy - Buddy is a dachshund and another of Max's friends. He's voiced by Bobby Moynihan, who has provided voices for multiple animated shows, including Star Wars Resistance, and he is currently voicing Louie in the DuckTales reboot. Dana Carvey is, of course, better known as Garth from Wayne's World.īobby Moynihan is Mel - Mel is a pug, who seems chilled out and calm, until he sees a squirrel. He's often unaware of what's happening, but he's always willing to help. “He would always think of his dialogue from the perspective of a dog and how a dog thinks,” Renaud says.Dana Carvey is Pops - Pops is an old, disabled dog who is now running a school for young puppies. proved to be a natural canine, sometimes ad-libbing dog-appropriate lines, Renaud recalls. “What’s it sound like when you’re eating a big bowl of kibble?” Renaud recalls coaching Stonestreet, who learned to pant, lick and growl. With the cast scattered around the U.S., and Illumination Entertainment production offices in both Santa Monica, Calif., and Paris, Renaud says he often directed via Skype, encouraging each actor to find his or her inner animal. Hannibal Buress, Albert Brooks, Dana Carvey, Steve Coogan, Bobby Moynihan and Jenny Slate fill out the company. “I honestly think that there are so many amazing animals out there and so many with fantastic personalities out there.”Īn all-star cast brings the characters to life with comedian Kevin Hart as Snowball (the diabolical bunny leader of The Flushed Pets) and Lake Bell as Chloe, a cat with attitude to spare. “First and foremost, (the movie) is the celebration of the love we have for them and definitely the overwhelming love they have for us,” he says. Animators tried to re-create the movement and attitude of actual pets instead of attaching human traits to cartoon animal bodies.īryan Lynch, who co-wrote the movie with Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, and often types with one of his two dogs on his lap, hopes this attention to detail helps give a realistic feel to the characters and inspires viewers to love their animals just a little more - or rescue one. They also brought dogs into the studio to study the rapport between large and small breeds. To fill the movie with moments pet lovers would relate to, the creative team first spent hours talking over personal animal experiences and collected anecdotes from friends and family to include in the story.
“Whether it’s not understanding time or numbers, or how they always, particularly in the case of a dog when you leave just for a minute, you come back and they’re so excited to see you, it’s like you’ve been gone five years.” “We tried to be very true to who they are, maybe how they see the world,” Renaud says. The story is told from the pets’ perspective with characters that should feel familiar and authentic to pet lovers, says Renaud, who has always lived with a dog, cat, guinea pig or fish, and who recently acquired Mimi, a Pomeranian puppy.
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