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How Hoppers star Piper Curda hopes to inspire people in Pixar’s new film
Curda says she hopes her character’s determination to save animals rubs off on viewers of Daniel Chong’s environmentally friendly animation
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For Piper Curda, who voices the animal-loving college student Mabel Tanaka in Hoppers, caring about the planet does not necessarily make the character an activist.
“I think Mabel presents as an activist. I don’t know if she’d call herself one,” Curda says. “She’s just like, ‘I care. Why does that need a label?’”
With that said, Curda does hope Mabel’s determination rubs off on audiences.
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“I do hope her drive to make the world a better place inspires people, whether that’s little girls or full-grown adults,” she says.
Hoppers, from Walt Disney’s Pixar, follows Mabel as she transports her consciousness into a robotic beaver to study – and ultimately save – the animals of a nearby forest glade.
The voice cast includes Bobby Moynihan as King George, a beaver monarch, and Jon Hamm as Jerry Generazzo, a power-hungry mayor. Hamm says the movie’s themes could not be more relevant.
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