Really good interview with the lady, the model, for Tinker Bell when it was done for Peter Pan over 50 years ago. I believe the interview was last year.
"Like Dopey and Dumbo before her, Tinker Bell was a character who never spoke. Thus, the actions were everything and Kerry's soundstage pantomime -- occasionally aided by giant props -- thoroughly mapped out the antics of the pint-sized pot mender who would win over hearts throughout the world."
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/margaretkerry-interview.htmlA couple of quotes:
" And Tinker Bell darts. Did you ever notice that? The other people fly. But not Tinker Bell. She darts. She's gotta see what's going on here, there, and the other place. "
Now isn't that just like Mairead when she performs at times?
Of course as you all know Tinker Bell is going to have a voice. So sad in a way. But, I suppose it had to be.
Now that Disney has chosen to make Tinker Bell speak, do you at all wish that this decision had been made in the original film so that you could have given her a voice? Not at all. Not at all! I think that watching in pantomime, I thought that was terribly interesting because it was up to the animators, and to me, to give her the body language in showing what she was thinking. Marc Davis said it so well. He said, "That spoke more volumes than if she'd said something."
Lester
