Pauly Shore Interview - Pinocchio: A True Story & More
Few celebrities have had a career quite like Pauly Shore, who made his stand-up debut at 17 and graduated from the school of live comedy to become as on-air MTV VJ in the early 90s. He even had his own show, Totally Pauly, and hosted the hip music channel's annual Spring Break parties. From there, a film career emerged with the cult hit status of 1992's Encino Man. His other films throughout the decade include Son in Law, In the Army Now,Jury Duty, and Bio-Dome.
Nearly thirty years later, Shore is still a part of the cultural lexicon — if not quite in the same way he was before. He recently went viral on Tiktok after voicing Pinocchio in the American dub of Pinocchio: A True Story, and his reaction proved he still knows how to have a good time with fans. In between dipping his toe in animation, having also lent his voice to the English version of My Sweet Monster alongside Hilary Duff, he's also preparing a docuseries about his life and career.
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Screen Rant had the opportunity to sit down with Shore and discuss everything from Encino Man to Pinocchio, as well as where he plans to go next.
Screen Rant: The Pinocchio trailer, when that dropped, caused quite a stir online, which I think was a great thing. Everyone is so interested in it now. How did you land the role of Pinocchio in the first place?
Pauly Shore: Because I have a relationship with the studio, Lionsgate, through Guest House, which came out two years ago, and with Grindstone and Lionsgate. They've just asked me to do voiceovers for them. It kind of pops into their queue or their thing, and they're like, «Oh, hey, Pauly Shore, can maybe do this.» And then it just came down that way. So I
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