Bobby Moynihan Talks Minions & Monsters, Reveals His Dream X-Men Role | Interview

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Minions & Monsters star Bobby Moynihan spoke with ComingSoon to celebrate the hit film coming to Digital. The actor discussed his role, being co-stars with George Lucas, and his dream X-Men character. It is now available to rent and own on Digital and will be available in 4K and Blu-ray.

“This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created,” says the official synopsis.

Tyler Treese: Bobby, congrats on Minions & Monsters. This movie has such a wonderful creative spirit at its core. For all the Cthulhu and Lovecraft elements, it’s really just about making a movie with your buds, which is a really positive and cool message about creativity. What about that aspect really resonated with you?

Bobby Moynihan: I wasn’t expecting, when I saw it for the first time, to be so affected by the James and Henry relationship. It’s really beautiful, two little boys who just want to make movies together and then find Ed, who’s another little weirdo, and they just all do it together.

I wasn’t expecting to be like, “Oh, that’s gonna be great.” I wish I had that when I was a little boy. It was wonderful and very sweet, and I love Ed with all my heart.

Yeah, there’s a good message of finding your fellow weirdos and being able to create art together.

Your character, Phillips, is a Lovecraftian monster. He’s named after Howard Phillips Lovecraft. What’s your relationship with Lovecraft and Cthulhu? Do you have any interest in that type of stuff?

I like all things nerdy. I get it. I didn’t know all the Lovecraft stuff until essentially I was cast in this and looked it up. But no, that wasn’t my thing. I was in a different universe. I went Star Wars, Batman, and comic books.

Your character is like a giant piranha monster. It’s a really cool design. What did you like most about his look?

Just the idea of a grumpy kaiju. Not terrified, just over it. Also, he’s just in a shell bra and a hula skirt. It doesn’t get better than that.

He dresses how he wants to dress, and he lives his life as a sad little man. I like it.

This film has such a cool cast. George Lucas is in the film, and you famously played George Lucas in an SNL sketch. You just mentioned being into Star Wars. Is it surreal that you’re now castmates with George Lucas?

It is pretty bizarre that I can actually say I was in a movie with George Lucas. Yeah, it’s been a year of those kinds of Mad Lib-y sentences. It’s bizarre. But also, he’s fantastic in it. He’s hilarious.

I was doing some research this morning, and that led me to going on the Despicable Me Wiki. It says that Phillips is the first animal/monster character to speak in the franchise. How does it feel to be making Minions history with this role?

Is that true?

According to the Despicable Me Wiki, it is. I’m not gonna put my journalistic integrity on it…

I wrote it there yesterday morning [laughs]. That’s fantastic. It’s an honor, and I’m gonna tell everyone about that.

You’ve got two kids. Obviously, this helps make you the coolest dad, but how rewarding has it been being in these animated films that your kids can enjoy and sharing that with them, especially when they have these meaningful messages?

Bobby Moynihan: It definitely is. It’s seeing, like looking over and seeing your kid. For this one, it was kind of like seeing them laugh at Buster Keaton and then figuring out who Buster Keaton is or was because of this movie.

It’s crazy to see how things come into their life as opposed to how we got it. That is fun and interesting. Watching Hoppers with my daughter, I was just like, “This is nuts. She’ll have this forever.” It’s crazy.

This film is going to be so interesting for kids to revisit over time because there’s so much love and homage to old Hollywood and the history of film. I can’t wait for people to grow with it and then realize, “Oh, I was laughing at these jokes about silent films when I was small and had no clue about the history that’s all there.”

It’s really nuts. You could also watch this movie with no sound, and it’s just as enjoyable. I mean, the sound is pretty great, but it is a silent movie. It’s pretty crazy.

A lot of your scenes are opposite the great Trey Parker, who voices Goomy. I assume you didn’t get to record together or anything, but what did you like most about playing off his character? They have a fun dynamic where he’s setting everybody up.

I adore him so much. I grew up on all his work. I remember where I was when I watched the first South Park. It’s crazy to be in a movie with him and speaking to him. It’s an honor. He’s the best. But I think when I met him in real life, I essentially acted like I was a fish monster who worked for him. So it was probably the same dynamic.

You mentioned Hoppers. This is two big animated movie hits this year. That’s pretty remarkable. How has it been going back-to-back, with a little break in between, with these two press tours and seeing these films go out into the world? That’s a lot of high-profile films in a short span for you.

It’s been a nice year. It’s great. I realize how lucky I am to be working. It’s very nice. I enjoy it a great deal. I’m just about to start Season 2 of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, and I can’t believe how lucky I am. I feel very excited about all of it.

It’s so awesome that the show is back for a Season 2 that soon. With streaming, it seems like so many of these shows have such a long break, but this show debuted this year and the second season is going to be back by the end of the year. We never see that happen. How does it feel to be right back and have that quick turnaround where the chemistry is still going to be there?

Bobby Moynihan: It’s the best. I just saw Erika [Alexander] last night, and you’re right. I can’t wait to get back and start doing it again with those guys. I would be happy if they were just like, “We’re just going to shoot 10 seasons. We’re just going to shoot them.” I would be like, “Great.” I wish we could do that.

Bobby, you’ve played in all these massive worlds, from Minions to Adventure Time, Star Wars, and Batman. Is there anything left that’s kind of a holy grail of a franchise you’d like to be involved with someday, as a voice or otherwise?

My dream is to play the Blob in the X-Men universe. That’s all I want. I would love to do live-action Jedi Bob, maybe, in Star Wars, but I’ve already been in that. Yeah, I’ll be Figment. I would like to be Figment from Disney.

What is it about the Blob that’s really fun for you?

I’ve just always loved that comic book character, and I really want to put that costume on and do it. I want to play a weird villain.

I’d love to see it. Let’s put that out into the world. Fingers crossed. Let’s get that out there.

All the X-Men they’re casting now are very young, and I’m clearly not a day over 23.

I feel like we can get a little older for the Blob.

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Thanks to Bobby Moynihan for taking the time to talk about Minions & Monsters.

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