Ginnifer Goodwin Shares the Tearful Tale behind Zootopia’s Apology Scene



You know that scene in Zootopia where (SPOILER ALERT!!) Judy Hopps apologizes to Nick Wilde for stereotyping him? I’ve yet to come across anyone who didn’t admit to getting at least a little choked up by it – including the voice of Hopps herself, Ginnifer Goodwin!



Goodwin: “My memory of working on that scene was that I totally lost it. That Byron & Rich had to really pull me back because no one could understand what my character was saying because I had blubbered my way through the first couple of takes. But then when I saw that scene fully animated in the finished version of Zootopia, I was surprised by how genuinely moving it was.”

Even the directors of Zootopia say it was Ginnifer’s emotionally unguarded voice-work that really made this scene work.

Co-Director Rich Moore: “Ginnifer had given us this great performance in the recording booth. She was actually crying when she recorded that scene, which then made it seem so real. And when Kira Lehtomaki - who was the lead [animator] on Hopps – and the other animators heard that take, they were like ‘You’re not going to use a different take, are you?!’



“Kira wanted that take so badly. She said 'I know what to do.’ And when she brought the first pass to Rich and I, we were like 'Holy shit!’”

Holy shit, indeed!



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