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Charles Fleischer delivered a good portion of Roger Rabbit's dialogue on the set, out of camera range. And he insisted on wearing a Roger Rabbit costume while he did so - complete with rabbit ears, yellow gloves and red cover-alls. Movie producer Joel Silver's small role as the director of the opening cartoon was reportedly a prank on Disney chief Michael Eisner by the film's director, Robert Zemeckis, and its producer, Steven Spielberg. Allegedly, Eisner and Silver hated each other from their days at Paramount Pictures in the early '80s, particularly after the difficulties involved in making "48 Hrs." (1982). For his cameo in "Roger Rabbit," Silver shaved off his beard and was nearly unrecognizable - and his name was kept out of all initial cast sheets. He also paid his own expenses. After Eisner had finally seen the film, he was told who was playing the director. He reportedly shrugged and said, "He was pretty good." Jessica Rabbit's speaking voice was performed by Kathleen Turner, who was uncredited. She performed the role as a favor to director Robert Zemeckis, with whom she had worked with previously on "Romancing the Stone." She was pregnant at the time of the recording session. Jessica's singing voice was performed by Amy Irving. The voice of Droopy, the classic MGM cartoon character, was provided in "Roger Rabbit" by the film's animation director, Richard Williams. When Eddie Valiant draws his toon gun (a gift from Yosemite Sam) in a Toontown alley, it is an "animated" gun in the first close up - but not in the next shot. The crew simply ran out of time and were unable to finish a few of the details on the film. |
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