Trivia / Sing

• Acting for Two: Tara Strong voices both Becky the porcupine and the mouse Mike is trying to woo.
  • She also voiced Sasha, a stagehand in the sequel.
• All-Star Cast:
  • The movie's cast features superstars like Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon, and Seth MacFarlane, among others. Wes Anderson and Edgar Wright also pop up as part of the "Additional Voice" cast.
  • The Japanese dub is not a slouch on this either, as many of the voice actors who worked in the dub are also good singers in their own right: So far we have Maaya Sakamoto (Rosita)^note Who not only dubs her, she also sings her songs in English, Mamoru Miyano (Eddie and Ray), Kōichi Yamadera (Mike), Mayumi Tanaka (Miss Crawly), Kissho Taniyama (Lance)^note Who is also one of the members of the duo GRANRODEO, Nana Mizuki (Becky), Tetsuya Kakihara, Ayumu Murase and Subaru Kimura^note Who is a professional rap singer as the members of the Frog Trio, Ayane Sakura as one of the members of the Rabbit Trio, the late Unshō Ishizuka as Marcus, Kenta Miyake as the Bear leader, and Kujira as Meena's mother. Even minor, unnamed roles are voiced by big names like Aoi Yūki, Tesshō Genda, Taiten Kusunoki and many others.
• The Cast Showoff: The only explanation why in the Japanese dub Maaya Sakamoto (Rosita) sings in English, when everyone else sings in Japanese, is because she can sing in English as well.
• Celebrity Voice Actor:
  • In the Mexican Spanish dub, Rosita and Ash are voiced by Hanna Nicole Perez Mosa and Ashley Grace Pérez Mosa respectively from the Mexican pop band Ha*Ash, Buster Moon by also singer Benny Ibarra and Meena by also singer and model from Argentina Eugenia "China" Suarez.
  • In the Japanese dub, Buster Moon is voiced the comedian Teruyoshi Uchimura, Meena by Idol Singer MISIA^note Anime fans can remember her as the singer of "Orphans' Tears", the first ending theme of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans., Ash by actress Masami Nagasawa^note Better know for playing Tae Shimura in the live-action adaptation of Gintama and Yuri Aikawa in the animated adaptation of Detroit Metal City., Johnny by Takuya Oohashi from the band Sukima Switch^note Who sung the 18th opening theme of Naruto Shippuden. and many others.
  • In the Brazilian dub, Rosita and Gunter are voiced by actors Mariana Ximenes and Marcelo Serrado respectively, while Ash, Meena and Johnny are voiced by singers Wanessa Camargo, Sandy and Fiuk respectively.
• Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: Some fans incorrectly spell Gunter's name as "Gunther".
• Cross-Dressing Voices: Ms. Crawley is voiced by Garth Jennings, a male actor and the film's director. The same goes in both Mexican and European Spanish dubs, but averted in the German and Japanese dubs, where she is voiced — respectively — by Katharina Thalbach and Mayumi Tanaka.^note The latter is particularly ironic since she is very well known for voicing boys or male teens, like Krillin and Monkey D. Luffy.
• The Danza: In the Mexican Spanish dub, Ash is voiced by the singer Ashley Grace Pérez Mosa.
• International Coproduction: Just like all the Illumination's films the animation was made by Illumination Mac Guff in France.
• Irony as She Is Cast: Jennifer Saunders, who voices Nana, is widely renowned for her beautiful singing voice and has had several roles where she gets to display her talent, such as her iconic cover of "Holding Out For A Hero" in Shrek 2. Despite this, Saunders is the only actor in the cast who doesn't do their own singing, with Nana's vocals instead being provided by Jennifer Hudson.
• Not Quite Starring: A very odd case happens between the original English version and the Japanese dub: All the Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's songs sung in the English version are covers, but the in the Japanese dub, Pamyu herself sings them again.
• Playing Against Type:
  • Nick Kroll, who's usually known for playing douchebag characters (to the point where he literally was one), voices the friendly Gunter.
  • Matthew McConaughey, known for playing laid back and/or cynical characters and his thick Southern accent plays the very excitable, upbeat Buster without any accent.
  • Seth MacFarlane, who's normally known for playing different kinds and several types of roles in some of his other well-known public domain films and shows made, created, and produced by Seth MacFarlane himself, voices a non-Family Guy character, Mike the All-CGI Cartoon mouse, who's the first animated character that isn't from Fuzzy Door Productions (the same production company behind his animated shows that everyone knows and loves).
• Pop-Culture Urban Legends: A post on Reddit that blew up started a rumor that the director confirmed Mike was not only killed by the Bears, but also gang-raped. There are no sources to truly confirm this, and the movie's PG status all-but-outright states it's very unlikely.
• Real-Life Relative: Rosita's piglets are voiced by (and some named for) Garth Jennings' children: Oscar, Asa, Leo, and Caspar.
  • In the sequel, one of Matthew McConaughey's children voices the piglet that says "this is the greatest day of my life, dad."
• So My Kids Can Watch:
  • Matthew McConaughey made this movie because he realized that his recent body of work was extremely mature and his children couldn't see anything he did.
    McConaughey: I look back at my last ten years and I haven't made anything my kids can see. It's not a good idea to sit them down in front of a lot...anything in the last ten years yet.
  • Taron Egerton says part of the reason he took the role of Johnny is that a lot of his films aren't suitable for his younger sisters. (The other part was Awesome, Dear Boy; they said "Do want to play a singing gorilla?" and he said "Yes, obviously!")
• Those Two Actors: This is Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon's second film together, after Mud.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The tycoon bull that gave Mike his platinum card was meant to have a bigger role, but was cut due to being "too dominant".
  • Early storyboards show:
    • Johnny wearing a tux during the concert.
    • The scene where Buster tells Pete to go to his rehersal space, Pete was meant to walk straight into a door without opening it.
    • The Bears meant to show up and confront Mike on stage after Meena's performance, running from them with what appeared to be more money, only for Meena to stop him.
  • In the concept arts made by Éric Guillon:
    • All the characters initially did not wear clothes.
    • Pete originally wears a business suit.
    • Ash, alongside Lance, had much surlier/gothic appearances in some of their concept art, along with having different outfits. In one drawing Ash’s quills are lime green and purple and in a large Mohawk.
    • Mike was a rat instead of a mouse, as he used to wear different clothes that can go from a white t-shirt with a blue hat, overalls and a yellow sweater.
    • Buster was accompanied by a tarsier-looking animal that wears a purple bow tie in one drawing◊.
    • The unnamed sheep who sings Kiss from a Rose originally wears glasses and had pink skin.
    • The Humpy Dumpty singing crocodile was originally supposed to wear a grey jacket and a backpack.
    • Meena used to wear typical Indian clothes.
    • Miss Crawly wears a yellow dress.
    • Eddie was originally a teenager.
    • Rosita's family's place was initially a house instead of an apartment.
    • Mike's car was yellow instead of red.
    • Richard used to wear a blue jacket.
    • Ray used to wear a green sweater.
    • One of the Les Calmars's patrons was a hyena.
    • The unnamed beaver who sings 9 to 5 originally wears a yellow jacket and grey pants.
• Word of Dante: This page identified the three bunnies performing Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" as being named Marisa, Penny and Heather. This has not been officially confirmed by the production staff though.
• Working Title: For a while during production it was called Lunch.

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