Bridget Mendler Talks THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY

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Studio Ghibli's The Secret World of Arrietty was released in theaters this weekend. This is the latest adaptation of the classic children's book series The Borrowers. The film features the voicework of Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, and Bridget Mendler as Arietty herself.

Our friends over at ScreenInvasion.com had the chance to interview Mendler about her involvement in the film. Mendler may be familiar to many as the star of the show Good Luck Charlie, but she has been making the move to the big screen.

Keep reading to learn more about Mendler's process filming and more:

Did you watch the original Japanese version?
I did and I really enjoyed it I think they did a great job with it! It’s really an honor to be able to borrow from their story.

What was the best moment from working on this film?
Probably the first day at work (the first of three) when I was at work and I kind of had to first embody Arietty officially. It was a bit of a challenge because you have to figure out how you want to address the character for the audience – it was a fun character to play so I really enjoyed that process.

Most animated films are recorded first and then ainimated, how was it recording the ialogue to match up with the movements on screen?
They wrote the script in mind with the idea of us having to say the words in English to match up the length of speech in the movie so a lot of that was already in mind. It was kind of up to us as actors to match the inflection and how the characters are moving their mouths and sometimes they made slight alterations to that but it was an interesting process. I enjoyed it because not often do you have to fit your words to something that has already been said.

Was it always planned for your song to end up in the movie?
I didn’t know I was going to be doing a song at first. They did talk to me about it through the recording process and I actually wrote a song before the movie and then they wound up using that song for the purpose of the movie. I think it’s a nice fit, hopefully it will be on iTunes. I don’t think it will be on my album – I like to keep my acting and music world separate, besides the projects where the music can contribute to an acting thing. But I was really happy that they wanted me to do music for the movie!

I have loved the story of The Borrowers, and think that this film has a great voice cast. What are your thoughts of this movie? Do you like the original adaptation or The Secret World of Arrietty better?

For the full interview visit ScreenInvasion.com.