The Premiere of The Country Bears at the El Capitan,

The Premiere of The Country Bears at the El Capitan
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Voice of Beary Barrington, Haley Joel Osment
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Interview: Haley Joel Osment - Voice of  Beary Barrington (1 minute, 19 seconds) - RealVideo: Low BandwidthHigh Bandwidth

LP: Hi. I'm with LaughingPlace.com we're a Disney fansite on the web. Since this isn't the first voice work that you've done for Disney I'm curious how is there a difference between doing live action vs. the animated

Osment: Definitely, definitely yeah. In the technical sense mostly because your filming, I mean, your recording after they've already filmed but with animation you record before they animate. So they animate to what you sound like and you can do whatever you want with he lines. In this case you have to sync the lines exactly to what's on film so its a little more challenging in the technical sense.

LP: What's your favorite aspect of the character Beary?

Osment: He's just -  I sensed a lot in common with him because as a little kid I would go and see the Country Bears everytime I was at Disneyland. So it was pretty cool to have that in mind in doing the Country Bears biggest fan in this film. So, you know, it was a lot of fun to do.

LP: So do you have a favorite bear since you were so familiar with them?

Osment: Fred's pretty...ahh...I don't know. It's hard, it's hard because they're all cool in different ways. Fred's the one I remember because he was so big. Yeah I remember him from the times when I was three and I'd go see him at Country Bear Jamboree.

LP: That's awesome. Thanks so much for some of your time.

Osment: No problem.

LP: Congratulations.

Osment: Nice talking to you.

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Larry King and his family make their way to the theater.
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Haley Joel Osment talks about the differences between voice work for animation and his role as Beary.
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Haley Joel Osment explains he had a lot in common in Beary and in fact was a big fan of the Country Bears himself.
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