Later this week, the Borderlands film will carry the long-running online game franchise to the large display. Jack Black is co-starring within the movie because the voice of the fan-favorite robotic, Claptrap. That is a task that Borderlands creator Randy Pitchford has needed Black to play since 2012. And since it is a voiceover solely function, Black was capable of report all of his strains for the film earlier than a single body of footage was shot.
“I’ve to confess, I by no means went to the set,” mentioned Black throughout a latest look on Conan O’Brien Wants a Good friend. “I did my complete function in a recording studio earlier than they began filming [and] I had a good time doing that.”
Nevertheless, Black’s absence from the set did not go unnoticed by his co-stars. And considered one of Black’s forged mates referred to as him out on it.
“I bought a DM from Jamie Lee Curtis,” recalled Black. And he or she mentioned, “The place the f*** are you? We’re all right here knee deep within the hellish shit, and I discover out you might be… wherever you might be doing all your recordings.’ I mentioned, ‘I really like you, and I’m there in spirit, and I’ll see you on the pink carpet.'”
Black famous that he had performed the Borderlands online game twenty years in the past, regardless that he could not recall many particulars in regards to the film. Regardless, he had a firmer grasp on Claptrap’s character.
“He is a helper robotic that is form of just like the R2D2 comedian reduction of the film, however he is additionally bought a bitter undertaste,” defined Black. “He hates this mission, he hates this world, and he secretly hopes that everybody on this crew dies. However he is programed to assist, so he is serving to beneath protest.”
Borderlands will hit theaters on Friday, August 9.