They reach New York and learn that Scarlet Overkill (voiced by Sandra Bullock) is the biggest super villain these days. However, things don’t always go as planned and the master is always at the receiving end.įor years, they could not find any villain to serve, so three Minions-leader Kevin, guitar master Stuart and the incredibly adorable Bob - take it upon themselves to find their next master. Narrator Geoffrey Rush tells the audience how the Minions are 3,000-year-old and are always in the search of the ‘meanest, cruelest and baddest’ villain on Earth so they could serve him. The first few minutes of this prequel to Despicable Me are the very same stuff you saw in the trailer again and again and again. The whole theatre laughs out aloud and you get all excited and sit up straight thinking ‘Ooooo this one means business’. It is the Minions singing the theme a capella. The Universal Studios animation is the same except the music playing in the background is slightly tweaked. As soon as you take your seat in the theatre and all the anti-smoking/anti-tobacco ads are done with, a familiar spinning Earth takes over the screen. Rating: 2.5/5 A-still-from-Minions This one sets the mood from the word go. She didn’t get the attention she needed growing up, so now she’s going to find a way to be the Queen.Cast: Sandra Bullock, John Hamm, Michael Keaton, Geoffrey Rush Scarlet’s like a spoiled eight-year-old little girl. She loves the Queen, and so she thinks people will love her if she has that crown.Īs part of the worldwide phenomenon of Minions, Bullock enjoyed bringing Scarlet’s personality to life, noting: “My purpose in this film is to just be perpetually crabby and irritated the entire time. Truly, if the Queen says something, you do it. With a pathological need to be loved and respected, Scarlet aspired to be the woman telling the princess what to do. While many girls want to be the princess, Scarlet quickly realized that princesses have no power. She had no friends, no money, and she looked at the Queen as a woman of ultimate power. It’s more fun to be mean and crabby than it is to try and make nice with everybody all the time.”Īs Bullock discussed Scarlet’s backstory with the filmmakers, she learned that Scarlet’s rise to power actually made quite a good deal of sense. She reflects upon what piqued her curiosity to voice a character who is on such a nefarious quest: “Great villains are always the most fun to play. What attracted the Oscar®-winning performer to the role of the world’s first female super-villain was that Minions offers entertainment for all audiences. “She brings those qualities of empathy to this super-villain and comes to the role with such strength and determination and charm, qualities that make for a compelling, dimensional character.” “Sandy is so iconic, and she is so well known for playing incredibly empathetic characters,” shares the producer. That is, even when she’s threatening the Minions, you often understand her point of view. But with a performer so inherently likable as Bullock, fans will find themselves occasionally rooting for her. His logic was that if Scarlet were voiced by someone with a more diabolical bent, you’d know within an instant for whom you should root. “She also happens to be the baddest of the villains, the reigning celebrity of them all.”Ĭasting Bullock as Scarlet was an early idea from Meledandri, who hoped to juxtapose her approachable sound with the heart of a character bent on revenge and power assumption. “The world has never seen a female super-villain before Scarlet,” adds producer Chris Meledandri. As well, they’re the epitome of stylishness.” I love that Scarlet is beautiful, ambitious and forward thinking, and her husband has the ability to invent anything to make sure that she’s successful. She’ll accomplish everything that a man can to become the biggest super-villain in the world of villains she’s the biggest thing since sliced bread for them. Producer Janet Healy discusses the character’s undeniable draw and why Scarlet is so crucial to a story set in 1969: “Scarlet is a glamorous woman in this time of empowerment and emerging equality who is actively recruiting henchmen. She hires the Minions as her henchmen and charges them with their first mission: to embark on a criminal heist that takes them to London as she attempts to achieve her lifelong dream: becoming the Queen. Minions Kevin, Stuart and Bob are drawn to Scarlet for her ability to mastermind incredible heists, and they are simultaneously terrified of and smitten by her. Academy Award-winner Sandra Bullock (“ The Blind Side,” “Gravity ”) stars in Universal Pictures’ “ Minions ” as Scarlet Overkill, the world’s first female super-villain.
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