“It has been a lot of fun, it really, really has,” Kevin said of acting alongside the Muppets. As for Jim himself, young Kevin Bishop- the very first boy auditioned out of about 100 hopefuls-was cast as the young hero. So the odd couple of Muppetdom became the silly but loyal sidekicks of Jim Hawkins, named, oddly enough, Gonzo and Rizzo.
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Gonzo and Rizzo Were Set to be the Stars (But That’s Showbiz)Īfter their popular turn as the narrators of The Muppet Christmas Carol, the Great Gonzo and Rizzo the Rat were at first pegged as the heroes of this piratical tale, a duo to be called “Jim and Hawkins.” However, the Muppet movie maestros soon realized that any retelling of Treasure Island needed to center on a young boy experiencing the adventure of a lifetime-and whatever Rizzo and (especially) Gonzo are, they aren’t growing boys. Livesey, the Swedish Chef as the boar tribe’s cook (he even has a false boar’s nose)-and Statler and Waldorf as the ship’s masthead. Lots and lots of moi! Eat your heart out, Streep!” Other members of the Muppet troupe include Sam the Eagle as overly strict first mate Mr. Of course, we have Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, and Rizzo in starring roles, and we have found parts for all of the others.” Of Captain Smollett, Kermit said, “I try to play him the way Robert Louis Stevenson wrote him in his book, only I haven’t found any mention that Smollett was a frog-so that’s the one liberty I took with my portrayal.” As for her appearance as Benjamina, Miss Piggy stated, “The role has everything that moi’s fans, moi’s agent, and moi’s lawyers demand. There is a lot of action and intrigue on the high seas, and it works tremendously well. We really twisted the story in order to make it funnier. Treasure Island is where we ended up, but it’s not a very faithful adaptation. “ Christmas Carol was a genre classic tale,” director Brian Henson (son of the Muppets creator and Disney Legend Jim Henson) explained, “but we wanted this one to be a lot funnier, more absurd and with a lot more action. On hand are seaworthy Muppet superstars Kermit the Frog as Captain Smollett, Fozzie Bear as Squire Trelawney, and-marooned on the fabled island of treasure by (in Piggy’s words), the “totally co-dependent” Captain Flint-Miss Piggy as Benjamina Gunn, fabulous queen of the wild boars.Ĭasting The Muppets in a Classic Adventure Taleįor the Muppets’ fifth movie, the filmmakers wanted another classic story to follow the 1992 hit, The Muppet Christmas Carol. Brave Jim Hawkins tangles with legendary pirate Long John Silver as they and some motley Muppet pirates follow a mysterious map to a buried fortune in pirate booty. Treasure and treachery abound in this insanely amusing adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale. Muppets ahoy! On February 16, 1996, X marked the spot for pirate zaniness as Muppet Treasure Island sailed into theaters.
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