Is Wreck-It Ralph a video game flick for kids, or the saga of a destructive 30-year-old loner on an existential journey of rediscovery? We put the bigger questions to John C. Reilly, whose smash-happy villain Wreck-It Ralph goes game-jumping through his arcade world in search of his inner hero — crashing a first-person shooter and a candy-colored racing game in the process — in the Disney animated adventure.
There?s a lot for children to enjoy in Wreck-It Ralph, but adults may find even more to grasp onto in Ralph?s story ? he?s basically just turned 30, is having an existential crisis, unsure of his destiny and his job and what he?s supposed to be doing with his life.
It?s no accident that Disney is over the moon with the age range of people that are enjoying the movie already. Yeah ? there are some deep things said in the movie, in a very fun, video game world kind of way.
The kids watching it may not understand some of these life crises for a few decades.
They will one day!
Was that something you had in mind as you gave voice to Ralph? Did you see him as a 30-year-old in crisis?
I wasn?t so focused on the time span of it, and I wasn?t thinking of it so much as a mid-life crisis or existential crisis kind of thing. It was much more emotional, and it was immediate, too ? ?Why doesn?t anyone like me?? ?Because you smash things!? I know, but that?s just what I do for a living! Give me a break! To me, the thing I was most conscious of was someone in the beginning of the story who doesn?t know himself, and he can?t accept who he is, because he…
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