Pegg recalled seeing an early drawing of Zee and thinking, “it’s another Buck.” Plus, Forte says, the more the filmmakers got to know Machado, the more they incorporated her traits into Zee, so she said, “Zee is very much Justina.” It was an honor to be part of this franchise.”ĭonkin noted that creating a new character from scratch allowed him to work with Machado and the animators to develop her voice and movements together. “It was a lot of fun voicing someone so strong who’s so rational and has it so together.

According to Donkin, Zee is important because she allows the audience to learn more about Buck’s backstory, but also because she’s calm, cool, and collected, which obviously contrasts Buck’s “fly by the seat of his pants” philosophy. “He’s such a loveable, eccentric, wacky, joyful, and adventurous character - and Simon brought all of that to life - so when we were looking to tell a new story in the Ice Age world, it felt so natural to go back to Buck because it’s a character everybody loves.”Ī hot topic of discussion was obviously Machado’s character Zee, a “badass” zorilla (a striped polecat that resembles a skunk) who’s new to the franchise. “We came up with Buck for ‘Dawn of the Dinosaurs’ then we brought him back in ‘ Collision Course’ because Simon kept saying, ‘when are you going to bring me back?’” she said. “There are so many wonderful characters, and in a movie, you can only spend so much time with each one, so this is a lovely way to give some time to not only Buck and Crash and Eddie, but new characters who are a welcome addition to this fabulous group.”įorte agreed - and also confirmed the hinting.

“This is the era of the cinematic universe, and I don’t think there’s another that’s more suited to expansion like this,” Pegg said. Returning to the Lost World for “The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild” also meant bringing back Pegg’s character, which was welcome news to the actor who admits he’s been “dropping hints” that the swashbuckling weasel deserved his own movie for the last 12 years.

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