Rick Moranis (SEYMOUR):
Morainis shot to fame thanks to Second City Television, Canada's answer
to Saturday Night Live. In the show, Moranis and Dave Thomas created the
duo Bob and Doug McKenzie who so caught the imagination of the public
that MGM offered them the movie 'Strange Brew' (1983). Morainis
followed his success 'Streets Of Fire' (1984), 'Ghostbusters'
(1984) and 'Club Paradise' (1986) in which he played various
characters, none of which come close to his charming portrayal of Seymour
of course!
"Seymour
is on the nerd spectrum true enough, but he is more of an innocent - a
schlepper, but an innocent nevertheless. The most important aspect is
I like the character, therefore the audience will too. He has to go through
quite a bit you know, he has a lot on his mind!" ©Rick
Moranis (Jan. 1987)
Moranis' talent for singing was kept a closely guarded secret that even members of the production did not know he could until he was offered the part based on his obvious physical and comedic similarity to Seymour.
"I had a few musical numbers on SCTV and I was in a rock band at one stage....It wasn't as if I woke up one day and sang the whole soundtrack, it was the work of a lot of people...I did things vocally that surprised me...I doubt if I'll become a full-time singer!" ©Rick Moranis (Jan. 1987)
As a movie making experience Moranis will never have it better than 'Little Shop', and he know's it:
"I go home from the 'Little Shop' studio at night and I say to myself, 'It's going too fast, it's the best and it will be over soon.' ACTORS CAN WORK ALL THEIR LIVES AND NEVER GET AS GOOD A ROLE AS I HAVE WITH SEYMOUR."© Rick Moranis (1987).
Rick's Filmography:
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