

You can see Machado take on the new role of Zee in Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild. And that’s so exciting to see, even though you’re not looking at yourself, I’m looking at a zorilla, but I see Justina in there somewhere,” she said. “That’s the great thing about animation, that those things happen. So Zee was very much part of who Justina is, I think.”Īnd despite not being able to literally see herself in the animated character, Machado agreed Zee still reflected her. And it sort of wove into the character itself. Somebody who’s so rational and has it so together,” said Machado.įorte added, “The more sessions that went on, the more we got to know Justina… the more we started taking traits from her, like her strength and her personality and her ‘in your face’ kind of thing. It was a lot of fun voicing somebody so strong, a social warrior. “John and Lori and I developed Zee’s character together.

Donkin and producer Lori Forte to develop her look, personality, and mannerisms. Machado also got to have some input in shaping Zee, working with director John C.

It was fun and exciting and an honor to be a part of this franchise.” But after seeing the movie, I’m really proud of what we did and how it came out. “That’s what’s so exciting, and a little scary also, to come into this family and be as exciting as the other characters. I was so excited to be a part of this franchise, they could have given me anything and I would’ve done it,” she joked. Machado said as a long time fan of the Ice Age films, she was excited to lend her voice to the sixth movie in the franchise. That’s where we meet Zee, an old friend of Buck’s who joins the crew on their mission. There, they reunite with Buck and devise a plan to stop the dinosaurs from taking over. Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild sees opossum brothers Crash and Eddie break away from the herd and stumble back into the Lost World.
