Kristen Bell Discusses Her ‘Sassy’ Character In ‘Astro Boy’

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From “Fanboys” to “Heroes,” actress Kristen Bell has already made quite the dent on popular culture and geekdom without ever starring in a comic book film — though all of that is about to change.

Bell lends her voice talent to “Astro Boy,” the upcoming 3-D animated movie from Imagi Studios based on the popular manga series. In the film, Bell voices a human role opposite the titular robot hero, but she nonetheless insists that her character can hold her own.

“I play Cora, who is a girl who befriends Astro when he comes down from Metro City onto the surface of Earth,” Bell told Sci Fi Wire. “She runs a little kind of like Peter Pan group of kids. She’s pretty tough, pretty sassy.”

This is the actress’s first exposure to “Astro Boy,” though she’s now familiarized herself with the source material due to her role in the film.

“I didn’t know ‘Astro Boy’ at all, but now I’m immersed and have all the little toys and stuff,” she admitted.

Bell, who some fans would love to see in a ‘Batman’ movie, has gotten a chance to watch a significant chunk of “Astro Boy” already. Naturally, she’s got nothing but good things to say about the project.

“It looks amazing,” Bell said. “To be involved in the process is really exciting, because you see the layers that they put on, and you see when they don’t have the 3-D involved and then when they do, and you see when it’s just penciled out. It was a really interesting process.”

As for the voice recording itself, Bell said that it was not only an easy task, but an enjoyable one.

“Sometimes when another character comes in and records and they like something they’ve done, you have to match it or be at a comparable state of mind in the scene, because you don’t record with other people,” she revealed. “Overall, it was a really easy, fun process.”