But even to this day, that people come up to me and still quote it to me is the ultimate. Groth: I give Jon Heder tremendous credit for his awe-inspiring performance in the titular role because it takes something special to make that character as lovable and even relatable as he did.
A sequel? Majorino: I used to get asked all the time whether we were going to do a sequel. I was always for doing a sequel, just because I thought it would be fun, but it was always contingent upon if Jared wanted to do one.
Hess: The studio had always approached us about doing sequels. Heder: I think for a lot of us, we never really pictured doing a sequel in the beginning because it just felt like an indie, art-house film — kind of weird and quirky. We love Napoleon because he reminds us of our youth and being a kid, having an imagination. And doing anything outside of that is hard. Hess: Doing an animated series let us open up the world and try new things and introduce new characters.
We had so much fun, especially to be able to get the cast back together. Majorino: When they contacted me about the cartoon, I was thrilled. It was an immediate yes because I felt like it was the perfect vehicle for Napoleon to live on. Heder: [When people ask me about a possible sequel], I say: Look, we gave you six episodes of an animated series. That equals more amount of time than a sequel.
Duff: I was definitely shocked [to get a call about the cartoon], because it had been so many years. Duff: If you have somebody who has a vision, just hop on it and go with them.
Jared was very clear with what he wanted. And everything was on the page, too. And it kind of reminds me of going back to Napoleon Dynamite ; when you hang out with the crew and cast in a small location on a fixed budget, it just reminds me of that. And just to have fun. Groth: The fact that now, on its 10th anniversary, audiences are still discovering and the film proves its brilliance.
The film has its own lexicon and imagery unique unto itself. It lives on. After Napoleon Dynamite got so huge, Pedro Sanchez became an icon. Everywhere I go, people recognize me. How do I make this work? Jeff Bridges told me that once you play a character, you kind of want to alter it just a little.
Majorino: I came away from making Napoleon Dynamite with so many fantastic memories and I learned so much from the filmmakers I was working with. This is what I want to do. Just let me do it and let me have fun. Jon Heder in 'Napoleon Dynamite. Newswire Powered by. Close the menu. Rolling Stone. Log In. To help keep your account secure, please log-in again. You are no longer onsite at your organization. Please log in. To celebrate the movie's 10th anniversary in , a golden statue of Napoleon and his tether ball set was erected on the 20th Century Fox lot.
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Keri Russell on her new horror film 'Antlers'. The two soon collaborated on a short film, "Peluca," which followed a quirky high schooler named Seth Heder , whom Hess described to Insider as "kind of the same character" as Napoleon. While shooting "Peluca" in Idaho, the crew had extra film left so Hess decided to film Heder grooving in character, inspired by the actor's now infamous dancing.
Hess ended up filming Heder dancing for "a minute and a half" to a Jamiroquai song that just so happened to be playing on the radio. Ultimately, that dance scene didn't end up making it into "Peluca. Heder recalled Hess telling him at the time, "'Yeah, it's going to be the climax for the film; you dancing.
In the film, Napoleon's impassioned dance to Jamiroquai during an assembly in front of the whole school comes as a last-ditch effort to secure votes for Pedro, his new friend who desperately wants to be class president.
But the dance also impresses Napoleon's friend and maybe-crush Deb Tina Majorino , and forces his high school classmates to think of him in a new light. Hess and Heder told Insider that they took a more unorthodox approach to filming the now-iconic scene.
Running low on funds and unsure what song Napoleon would actually be dancing to, the cast and crew were forced to get creative. I was really worried.
Although the film didn't have a choreographer to help Heder with his dance moves, the actor knew that he wanted to make Napoleon's dance markedly different from the character's normal physicality. He doesn't express a lot, he doesn't get that animated," Heder recalled. He just put it in my hands," Heder said. Jon Gries Uncle Rico was actually not a vegetarian, despite the claims.
Whenever he is wiping his mouth, he is spitting out the steak because he just does not eat red meat in real life. Napoleon Dynamite is one of the all-time favorite movies of The Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme. Jon Heder helped to make the boondoggle keychains between scenes. The scene where Uncle Rico hits Napoleon in the face took four takes. Napoleon's "liger" drawing in the film is based on a real animal, created when a male lion mates with a female tiger.
Having the food plates spell out names in the opening credits was actor Aaron Ruell Kip 's idea. The rest of the sequence was designed and executed by Pablo Ferro. Jon Gries nearly quit acting, planning on dedicating himself to writing, when a casting director he knew needed him to play a role that another actor dropped out of in The Big Empty Gries filmed the role, and when his scenes were being edited together, filmmakers Jared Hess and Jeremy Coons were casting for Napoleon Dynamite in the same office and got a look at Gries' work, prompting them to offer him the role of Uncle Rico.
Gries said that his manager was unsure of the role as the filmmakers were not known, but Gries read the script anyway and said by page fifteen, he was happy to play the role. Two houses were used for the filming of Napoleon's house, one for outdoor shots and one for indoor shots. They would later join forces with Paramount Pictures and MTV Films to distribute the film, a mere 17 days before its release. Tina Majorino had a life-threatening peanut allergy.
When Deb is eating the peanut butter and jelly sandwich at lunch, it is actually a sandwich with a jelly spread. The scene after the credits where Napoleon rides up on a horse is inspired by the Australian classic film The Man from Snowy River Even the music for this sequence is a direct reference to the film's score by Bruce Rowland.
In the second cafeteria scene, when Napoleon and Pedro discuss prospective dance dates, Napolean is wearing a Ricks College t-shirt. Although title design genius Pablo Ferro Dr Strangelove is credited for Title Design, the front title sequence with plates of food and hand piped titling was the work of Aaron Ruell who played Kip Napoleon's brother.
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