January 1, 2025 • 11 mins
Moana 2 has hit the cinemas.
The first film came out in 2016 starring Dwayne Johnson and Alii Cravalho, and it made $643.3 million in the box office. The second film is set in the islands of Polynesia, where Moana journeys to the far seas of Oceania.
"People can expect a wonderful story. It's a Polynesian adventure, It's a, vista of colours and sunsets and sunrises and, voyaging on a waka beyond the reef."
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
Mowana two has hit the cinemas.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
This is a call from the ancestors hiding in a
terrible storm.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
It's an ancient island sitting foot on its sands.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Would break the curse.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
Bring our people together again.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
We know what I have to do, MOI. I could
really use your help. Can I get a chia who?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
The first film came out in twenty sixteen, starring Dwane
Johnson and Oli E. Cravllio, and made six hundred and
forty three point three million dollars in the box office.
In the second film, set in the Eyes and Islands
of Polynesia, Moana journeys to the fast Seas of Oceania
after receiving an unexpected call from her waif, a wayfinding ancestor.
(01:09):
There are new characters were introduced to this time, Marta Tungy,
a new mysterious villain, and Kelly the mischievous mischievous should
I say? And comedic farmer who joins Moana on her
violet voyage. And I'm joined now by Affimai Fraser, who
plays the villain matter Tugy, Tim Aware Morrison who plays
Chief toy With's Moana's dad, and David Farney, who plays
(01:31):
Kelly the farmer. Hello, I think we'll start age before Beauty,
Tim Waer. When I saw your name there, I thought, well,
you're really the old elder statesman of New Zealand cinema.
Is that mirroring the character you play as Moana's dad.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
No, I think it's just that I've matured somewhat now.
I can't always get the blonde and sail into the sunset.
And there are fatherly roles to play, and probably looking
at more choral roles in the next ten years. I
hope more on the grandfather roles. But wonderful to be
back on Mowana too as the as the chief of
(02:10):
the village of mortun Nui. And just great. The coconuts
were great, and and the carvo is still flowing pretty freely.
And sometimes we have too much kava. But it's a
medicine as well. You must appreciate it's a Polynesian medicine.
It helps with the swelling and the bruising, and sometimes
(02:32):
it can be tough out there in the fields, you know,
and gathering all the coconuts and getting all the food
planted under the Matariki stars. So great to be back
with the family. Great to be part of this new
tunnet that's coming through May I mentioned Martagi and Scalis.
Is just great to be back with the Fanno and
(02:53):
it seems to be bigger and brighter and more bold.
And the performances by the rock and O Lee quite
phenomenon as well. They lift the bar quite quite some.
But you know, my part's what it is, you know,
together the village just.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Before, just before we move on to other cast members,
do you have to do much singing in this.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
To me? Yeah, yes, yes I am, yes, yes, I
am singing part of the village song there right at
the right at the beginning of the movie. In fact,
so even I was quite surprisedly I made the cut.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
I made genetic connections with some pretty good singers.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
If I record.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
Career as long as it's in the right key and
pretty good.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Could you play a villain in the in the movie?
I suspect that might be more fun than playing the
good guy.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
What did you reckon?
Speaker 5 (03:47):
Yeah? I mean, is she you know it's a she's
a she's a bit of a complex character. I would
say she definitely comes across in a certain way, and
then hopefully when you meet her throughout the movie, she
she reveals different colors of herself and and and you know,
she's got a huge history. She's two thousand years old,
(04:10):
she's been in a certain place for a certain amount
of time, and she's just had her bets to chat
to in that space.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
So I think that she looks great.
Speaker 5 (04:19):
Fus for that amazing, Yeah, but no, she's she was
a great fun, larger than life, outrageous crazy, but also
there are moments of sensitivity and of empathy in there,
which I'm excited for audiences to see.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
We're all very excited to say. My kids are so
thrilled that I'm getting to chat to you guys. Actually,
when I said that the cast and mine are going
to be joining us, they're like, really, so I'm the
cool dad for a moment.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
David Rock, I'm the Rock now.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
I mean, you've done You're no stranger to doing animated work.
What do you prefer Do you like to be the
voice just with the images portraying your character, do you
prefer to be you visually in front of the camera.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
What's the difference.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
The thing I like to do is tell stories. And
I think as a storyteller behind a mic in front
of the camera, that's it's always fun to share a story,
tell a story that can move people, and that and
that's the goal, you know, and to have have that
story heard. Yeah, And I think that's it.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Tell Us about your character Kelly the Farmer, Oh, well, brilliant.
Speaker 6 (05:29):
He's brilliant. And I think they based Maui, you know,
the shape, body shape of Maui on Kelly and originally,
but no, he's a he's a grumpy old man, as
we all know, these grumpy old men, but he's got
a heart of gold and at some point he finds
(05:50):
something in him that and he overcomes this this thing
you couldn't do. And I was actually cheering for him.
I forgot that. I actually voiced him and I cheered him,
and I thought, there you go. You're silly old bugger,
you know, And oh, hang on, I'm silly old bugger.
That's men performance, I know, very funny.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
I've said an interview with you where you talk about
you like when you're when you're acting, you like sort
of bullet points rather than a script.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Was there room to add lib or improvise or was
it actly?
Speaker 4 (06:27):
They gave me a script?
Speaker 6 (06:28):
Was really good. But and we we went through the
script and then they did great stuff. They said, oh, look,
if we had the time to go from point A
to point B, just what would what would you actually
say as as Gilly? And that was really good that.
I mean, that's a sign of the respect that they
they show showed us as performers. They trust us enough
(06:52):
to hey, here's a character I've created, but you can
have some extra input in. And that was the beauty
of it, of like working with Disney and and that
was so good. Yeah, I mean some of it ends
up on on in the cut, and a lot of
it ended up straight away on the floor because it
was like, what the hell did you do? Yeah, that's fine. Yeah,
(07:17):
let's say you can't make them work without breaking eggs.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Hey, do you guys actually get to work together a
lot when you're doing the voice work? Is it an
ensemble sort of thing to do or do you focus
on your own performance?
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Oh, that would be an absolute dream to just be
in a space together and to get to bounce off
of each other and see other faces. But No, definitely,
a lot of the work of all of my work
at least was done virtually through through Zoom. The team
at Disney would come on and they would direct from
wherever they were at that point in time in the world,
(07:52):
and then we just had to bring these characters in
these lines to life in a four wall dark booth.
So it's definitely, I would say, a welcome challenge, but
I really love it. It means you have to really
figure out why of saying what you're saying, but you
also have to it's fun to explore the voice and
(08:12):
to see what comes out, and the microphone is right
there and it's it's quite an intimate thing, I would say,
But yeah, we do. And you know, we only get
given the material for our personal character. So I'm thinking, well,
what are they doing here? And and oh so what's
just happened? But you know, so it was still being
created because of course it turned from a television series
(08:34):
to a movie and very fast. So I think they've
done a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful job.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Timo.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Do you find it sort of liberating just being able
to focus on the voice. Does it give you de
feel you can sort of add almost extra layers.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Especially when you've got a face like mine. Yes, but anyway, good.
I had a wonderful experience because I've got a five
year old girl. So i was doing a bit of
work in the studio and I had her there out
eating all the lollies and the chocolate biscuits outside in
the studio, and then I think the Jared Bush, one
(09:09):
of the directors from Disney's, kind of spotted her. Oh,
take your girl in the studio with you. I said,
what a great idea. And just pretend you're talking to
your own you know, just talk to your daughter. So
it was kind of interesting in terms of my performance.
There was there was my real daughter then, and I'm
talking to her just as I would to Moana and
just replaced her. But she was there physically, so I'm
(09:30):
holding her and cuddling her and doing all the things.
She's thought I was a bit stupid, Actually what are
you doing? And she was taking in all the technicalities,
looking at all the looking at all the microphones, and
she could hear Moana this, Moana this. So now I've
got to tell her. She thinks she's in Moana now,
so I've got to.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
So Tim, what can what what can people expect from
Wana to then?
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Well, that's that's a big question.
Speaker 6 (09:57):
That's a greatness they can they can expect greatness.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Fun a wonderful story, you know, you know, it's a
Polynesian adventure. It's a vista colors and sunsets and sunrises
and and voyaging on a walker beyond the reef now
and the performances from only playing Mowana and Dwayne are
very emotional at times and yet funny. Of course, the
(10:23):
chicken and the pig steal the show along with Killer.
They're all follow and then there's emotion. There's a spirituality,
things things in there when Mowana's hands in the ocean,
and that's a reflection of some of those ancestors that
could find their way, find their way.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Sorry, look I think they've they've told us time is up.
But I just wanted to say a huge thank you
guys for your time. And I hope the film is
going to be as as huge success success as my
kids tell me it's going to be, so.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Thank you, thank you, sconderful.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
The kids will love us, and the mummy and daddies too.
They get ninety minutes free and.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
For more from News talks.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
It'd be listen live on air or online, and keep
our shows with you wherever you go with our podcasts
on iHeartRadio
You're listening to a podcast from news Talk sed Be
follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Mowana two has hit the cinemas.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
This is a call from the ancestors hiding in a
terrible storm.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
It's an ancient island sitting foot on its sands.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Would break the curse.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
Bring our people together again.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
We know what I have to do, MOI. I could
really use your help. Can I get a chia who?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
The first film came out in twenty sixteen, starring Dwane
Johnson and Oli E. Cravllio, and made six hundred and
forty three point three million dollars in the box office.
In the second film, set in the Eyes and Islands
of Polynesia, Moana journeys to the fast Seas of Oceania
after receiving an unexpected call from her waif, a wayfinding ancestor.
(01:09):
There are new characters were introduced to this time, Marta Tungy,
a new mysterious villain, and Kelly the mischievous mischievous should
I say? And comedic farmer who joins Moana on her
violet voyage. And I'm joined now by Affimai Fraser, who
plays the villain matter Tugy, Tim Aware Morrison who plays
Chief toy With's Moana's dad, and David Farney, who plays
(01:31):
Kelly the farmer. Hello, I think we'll start age before Beauty,
Tim Waer. When I saw your name there, I thought, well,
you're really the old elder statesman of New Zealand cinema.
Is that mirroring the character you play as Moana's dad.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
No, I think it's just that I've matured somewhat now.
I can't always get the blonde and sail into the sunset.
And there are fatherly roles to play, and probably looking
at more choral roles in the next ten years. I
hope more on the grandfather roles. But wonderful to be
back on Mowana too as the as the chief of
(02:10):
the village of mortun Nui. And just great. The coconuts
were great, and and the carvo is still flowing pretty freely.
And sometimes we have too much kava. But it's a
medicine as well. You must appreciate it's a Polynesian medicine.
It helps with the swelling and the bruising, and sometimes
(02:32):
it can be tough out there in the fields, you know,
and gathering all the coconuts and getting all the food
planted under the Matariki stars. So great to be back
with the family. Great to be part of this new
tunnet that's coming through May I mentioned Martagi and Scalis.
Is just great to be back with the Fanno and
(02:53):
it seems to be bigger and brighter and more bold.
And the performances by the rock and O Lee quite
phenomenon as well. They lift the bar quite quite some.
But you know, my part's what it is, you know,
together the village just.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Before, just before we move on to other cast members,
do you have to do much singing in this.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
To me? Yeah, yes, yes I am, yes, yes, I
am singing part of the village song there right at
the right at the beginning of the movie. In fact,
so even I was quite surprisedly I made the cut.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
I made genetic connections with some pretty good singers.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
If I record.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
Career as long as it's in the right key and
pretty good.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Could you play a villain in the in the movie?
I suspect that might be more fun than playing the
good guy.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
What did you reckon?
Speaker 5 (03:47):
Yeah? I mean, is she you know it's a she's
a she's a bit of a complex character. I would
say she definitely comes across in a certain way, and
then hopefully when you meet her throughout the movie, she
she reveals different colors of herself and and and you know,
she's got a huge history. She's two thousand years old,
(04:10):
she's been in a certain place for a certain amount
of time, and she's just had her bets to chat
to in that space.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
So I think that she looks great.
Speaker 5 (04:19):
Fus for that amazing, Yeah, but no, she's she was
a great fun, larger than life, outrageous crazy, but also
there are moments of sensitivity and of empathy in there,
which I'm excited for audiences to see.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
We're all very excited to say. My kids are so
thrilled that I'm getting to chat to you guys. Actually,
when I said that the cast and mine are going
to be joining us, they're like, really, so I'm the
cool dad for a moment.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
David Rock, I'm the Rock now.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
I mean, you've done You're no stranger to doing animated work.
What do you prefer Do you like to be the
voice just with the images portraying your character, do you
prefer to be you visually in front of the camera.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
What's the difference.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
The thing I like to do is tell stories. And
I think as a storyteller behind a mic in front
of the camera, that's it's always fun to share a story,
tell a story that can move people, and that and
that's the goal, you know, and to have have that
story heard. Yeah, And I think that's it.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Tell Us about your character Kelly the Farmer, Oh, well, brilliant.
Speaker 6 (05:29):
He's brilliant. And I think they based Maui, you know,
the shape, body shape of Maui on Kelly and originally,
but no, he's a he's a grumpy old man, as
we all know, these grumpy old men, but he's got
a heart of gold and at some point he finds
(05:50):
something in him that and he overcomes this this thing
you couldn't do. And I was actually cheering for him.
I forgot that. I actually voiced him and I cheered him,
and I thought, there you go. You're silly old bugger,
you know, And oh, hang on, I'm silly old bugger.
That's men performance, I know, very funny.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
I've said an interview with you where you talk about
you like when you're when you're acting, you like sort
of bullet points rather than a script.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Was there room to add lib or improvise or was
it actly?
Speaker 4 (06:27):
They gave me a script?
Speaker 6 (06:28):
Was really good. But and we we went through the
script and then they did great stuff. They said, oh, look,
if we had the time to go from point A
to point B, just what would what would you actually
say as as Gilly? And that was really good that.
I mean, that's a sign of the respect that they
they show showed us as performers. They trust us enough
(06:52):
to hey, here's a character I've created, but you can
have some extra input in. And that was the beauty
of it, of like working with Disney and and that
was so good. Yeah, I mean some of it ends
up on on in the cut, and a lot of
it ended up straight away on the floor because it
was like, what the hell did you do? Yeah, that's fine. Yeah,
(07:17):
let's say you can't make them work without breaking eggs.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Hey, do you guys actually get to work together a
lot when you're doing the voice work? Is it an
ensemble sort of thing to do or do you focus
on your own performance?
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Oh, that would be an absolute dream to just be
in a space together and to get to bounce off
of each other and see other faces. But No, definitely,
a lot of the work of all of my work
at least was done virtually through through Zoom. The team
at Disney would come on and they would direct from
wherever they were at that point in time in the world,
(07:52):
and then we just had to bring these characters in
these lines to life in a four wall dark booth.
So it's definitely, I would say, a welcome challenge, but
I really love it. It means you have to really
figure out why of saying what you're saying, but you
also have to it's fun to explore the voice and
(08:12):
to see what comes out, and the microphone is right
there and it's it's quite an intimate thing, I would say,
But yeah, we do. And you know, we only get
given the material for our personal character. So I'm thinking, well,
what are they doing here? And and oh so what's
just happened? But you know, so it was still being
created because of course it turned from a television series
(08:34):
to a movie and very fast. So I think they've
done a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful job.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Timo.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Do you find it sort of liberating just being able
to focus on the voice. Does it give you de
feel you can sort of add almost extra layers.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Especially when you've got a face like mine. Yes, but anyway, good.
I had a wonderful experience because I've got a five
year old girl. So i was doing a bit of
work in the studio and I had her there out
eating all the lollies and the chocolate biscuits outside in
the studio, and then I think the Jared Bush, one
(09:09):
of the directors from Disney's, kind of spotted her. Oh,
take your girl in the studio with you. I said,
what a great idea. And just pretend you're talking to
your own you know, just talk to your daughter. So
it was kind of interesting in terms of my performance.
There was there was my real daughter then, and I'm
talking to her just as I would to Moana and
just replaced her. But she was there physically, so I'm
(09:30):
holding her and cuddling her and doing all the things.
She's thought I was a bit stupid, Actually what are
you doing? And she was taking in all the technicalities,
looking at all the looking at all the microphones, and
she could hear Moana this, Moana this. So now I've
got to tell her. She thinks she's in Moana now,
so I've got to.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
So Tim, what can what what can people expect from
Wana to then?
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Well, that's that's a big question.
Speaker 6 (09:57):
That's a greatness they can they can expect greatness.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Fun a wonderful story, you know, you know, it's a
Polynesian adventure. It's a vista colors and sunsets and sunrises
and and voyaging on a walker beyond the reef now
and the performances from only playing Mowana and Dwayne are
very emotional at times and yet funny. Of course, the
(10:23):
chicken and the pig steal the show along with Killer.
They're all follow and then there's emotion. There's a spirituality,
things things in there when Mowana's hands in the ocean,
and that's a reflection of some of those ancestors that
could find their way, find their way.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Sorry, look I think they've they've told us time is up.
But I just wanted to say a huge thank you
guys for your time. And I hope the film is
going to be as as huge success success as my
kids tell me it's going to be, so.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Thank you, thank you, sconderful.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
The kids will love us, and the mummy and daddies too.
They get ninety minutes free and.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
For more from News talks.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
It'd be listen live on air or online, and keep
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