Hilarious Behind-The-Scenes Explanation For How The Chicken In Moana Got So Stupid

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Jul 15, 2019 4:00 PM EDT

There's a very logical reason for why the chicken named HeiHei in Moana is so unbelievably dumb. The behind-the-scenes explanation for the lovable character in the movie is almost as epic as the journey the chicken ends up joining in the first place. HeiHei is the real MVP. He's one stupid chicken, but damn we love him. 

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    Summer - stevensfavoritegem Whats up with Hei Hei in some of the Moana promo art and posters? Like
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    Art - se
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    Cartoon - And even???? He's so angry and ready to Throw Down
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    Chicken - He's so angry and ready to Throw Down But then in actuality he's just Disney explain
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    Text - youkaiyume I went to the "Behind the Scenes panel for Moana at CTN expo this year and the explanation is as follows: In development, HeiHei used to be a character meant to be Moana's watchdog He stands to the side making sure she stays out of trouble (and away from the sea) and judges her (sort of like Flint the hummingbird from Pocahontas) but the directors were worried that it made him too unlikeable. John Lasseter gave the crew about 48 hours to think of a way to figure out how to save
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    Text - tafkarfanfic IT GETS BETTER. Once they rewrote the character they were in a panic. Who could voice such a role? None other than Alan Tudyk, known as Walt Disney Studios lucky charm due to his roles as Duke in Frozen, King Candy in Wreck-It Ralph and KTSO in Rogue One, who made the front freaking page of the Wall Street Journal due to his performance. Tudyk says: "The character you're playing, even though he's a rooster and is really stupid, you approach it in the same way you would approa
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    Text - [CHICKEN NOISES Originally posted by subwaywithinmymind stickmarionette Also: Alan Tudyk is the only non-Pasifika/Maori person in the voice cast. He plays the chicken. collaredinpearls Alan Tudyk is a goddamn national treasure.
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    And a video of the legend doing his thing.

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