Aasif Mandvi Interview - Paws Of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank is a classic fish out of water story or, in this case, a dog in a cat's territory adventure. Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies' new martial arts animated comedy, which can now be seen in theaters, involves a heroic canine on a mission to become a samurai. His harshest skeptics are none other than the cats he's tasked with, protecting including the sardonic Ichiro (voiced by Aasif Mandvi of Evil).
In Paws of Fury, warlord Ika Chu (Ricky Gervais) sets his sights on the village of Kakamucho, with the village's denizens requesting a new samurai to act as their protector. What they hadn't counted on was that the samurai in question would be Hank. With a dog like Hank being a very hard sell to a village entirely populated by cats, the enthusiastic protagonist trains with everything he's got under the tutelage Jimbo (Samuel L. Jackson) to become their samurai protector.
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We speak to Aasif Mandvi about his role as Ichiro in Paws of Fury, the Blazing Saddles influence that is the animated film's foundation, and Ichiro's comedic chemistry alongside his associate Chuck (Gabriel Iglesias).
Screen Rant: How did you come to be involved with Paws of Fury?
Aasif Mandvi: It was a number of years ago they came to me and said 'Mel Brooks is doing this movie, an animated film, sort of inspired by Blazing Saddles, which is his classic from the '70s, and it's set in a town of cats and dogs and it's an incredibly funny comedy with Sam Jackson and Ricky Gervais.' And I was like, 'Yeah, let's do it!'
Your character is Ichiro in this world of samurai cats. What can you share Ichiro's role in the story of Paws of Fury?
Aasif Mandvi: So, Ichiro are Chuck
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