Watch out world, the Muppets are back and better than ever, so says porcine superstar Miss Piggy!
"I'm not really sure why I waited so long to do another but I'm back! I'm back and better than ever," she says.
It's the newest Muppet movie, seeing director James Bobin make his debut.
Simply titled The Muppets, our beloved Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog take centre stage along with Jason Segal, Amy Adams and Chris Cooper. But it's the puppets we are most interested in, and Kermit, at least takes his acting very seriously.
"It's probably my most dramatic role to date, of portraying my own self, so I sat around a lot and practiced a variety of looks, like I have to be sad a lot so I was going (signs) . You know, working on the sad face, yeah. Not easy for a frog."
Piggy, however, retains her mantle as fashion icon, thanks to a fashion savvy team on the movie.
"She had some shoes designed by Christian Laboutin, because if you look at her feet up on the desk, she has those classic red soles, which is very good, so ..Yeah, Piggy's very aware of fashion, so she's very keen to be..and for me too I wanted to bring her back to the sort of Grace Kelly era Piggy from the '80's that I remember." says Bobin.
The film has already nabbed one of this year's only two best song nominations at the Oscars (they will go up against Rio and their song 'Real in Rio') .'Man or Muppet' is written by Bret McKenzie, but the thought of how to perform the song if it wins, is something of a conundrum for the director. Just how would they pull it off?
"Good question, erm.. I don't know yet, we'll have to talk about it. I presume there'll be some sort of Jason Segel live singing scenario with Bret on the piano and Walter and Gary puppet. I don't know. We'll see, but it will be complex because obviously doing puppets live is very complicated."
But is the star of the show miffed that she hasn't been included in the honours list?
"Pigs have not really been recognised by the Academy over the years as actors. Not just moi, but all the great pig actors of my generation and before me, and really, it's something, it's a real shame. Something should be done about it. I'm not gonna do it, I don't have the time, it's a lot of energy to start big a campaign, but somebody should."
The Muppets is a trip down memory lane for anyone who was born in the 70's. Maybe it will spark a Muppet Show revival?
James Brobin gets the last word:
"I hope so, I mean basically the end of this film is basically The Muppet Show what it would be today, if it was on TV, I think to a degree. So it shows that you can do it, so hopefully there will be, but what form it will take, I don't know."
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