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Mojang executive Torfi Frans Ólafsson defends Jack Black’s casting as Steve in A Minecraft Movie, teasing what the actor brought to the role and how his involvement in the production evolved drastically during development.
When speaking to Variety, Mojang’s senior director of original content Ólafsson dived into the controversy surrounding Black’s casting. Revealing that the actor was initially considered for a talking pig role, the executive stated that Black himself brought his own interpretation of the character of Steve to the movie. Check out Olaffson’s full response below:
His character was originally a talking pig, and it was very, very, very late in the development where we had the idea to switch it to become Steve, because we needed an expert and host. This is not my Steve or your Steve — this is Jack Black’s Steve. A lot of fans responded when they saw the first teasers and trailers, like, “Hey, wait a minute — this is just Jack Black. This isn’t Jack Black being someone else.” And maybe it is, because this is literally him interpreting this character and what it means to him. He was just completely manic, hoarding stuff in the mines, searching for lapis lazuli because he liked the way it sounds. He kept saying it: “Can I talk about lapis lazuli in the movie?”
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Source: Variety
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