To this day, Bill Irwin isn't quite sure why Christopher Nolan asked him to voice the helper-bot Tars in his latest epic, Interstellar. We can make an educated guess: Irwin is a veteran stage and film actor specializing in vaudeville — he's been dubbed “the Clown Prince” — whose appearances range from Waiting for Godot to The Good Wife to Subway Stories and Sesame Street. If any character actor could conquer the mechanical demands of the mostly practical Tars (yes, they really built that shape-shifting monolith), a nimble thespian with a degree from Ringling Bros. Clown College would be a logical choice. Vulture spoke with Irwin about the demands of bringing Tars to life, his intensive work with Interstellar's special-effects and stunt teams, and finding a sardonic voice to fit Tars's programmed personality.Christopher Nolan opted to build a functional Tars instead of creating the robot with CGI. What was he...
- 11/13/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Vulture
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