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England vs Australia with 'Warcraft’ Stars

England vs Australia with 'Warcraft’ Stars

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The popular video game 'Warcraft' is finally hitting the big screen, and stars Travis Fimmel and Toby Kebbell stop by the YH Studio to tell us all about it! They discuss the differences between portraying good guy versus bad guy characters, plus we give them a little quiz to find out if certain things are better in Kebbell's native England or Fimmel's homeland of Australia!

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Young Hollywood

Um, yeah, it's a big part of the film. There's a great love story in it. And um betrayals and Toby Kebbell in pajamas. He started hugging the cushion when he said the love story, didn't he? He's a love story. He's a love story. And uh What's up, Young Hollywood? I'm Jackie Karsh, sitting on the couch now with Travis Fimmel and Toby Kebbell, stars of the epic Warcraft movie. What's up guys? How are you? So, there's a lot of ass-kicking in this movie.

Travis Fimmel

Yeah, it's a big part of the film. There's a great love story in it and and um betrayals and Toby Kebbell in pajamas.

Young Hollywood

He started hugging the cushion when he said the love story.

Travis Fimmel

He's a love story. He's a love story and uh

Young Hollywood

You're a lover, not a fighter.

Travis Fimmel

He is, he's both.

Toby Kebbell

We're trying to protect our people, our families. If you help us, I give you my oath. It's a much richer story than just the basic goodies and baddies, you know. It's kind of two races fighting for the one.

Young Hollywood

This movie is based off of the Warcraft game. That's right. Which means you've got serious fans. Have you had any interactions with some Warcraft fans?

Toby Kebbell

I've had pleasant interactions so far. Everything Comic-Con and BlizzCon. They have their own Blizzard is such a massive company now for the games they make. They've got two enormous, a bunch of games, but two of their biggest. And uh Warcraft's one of them. And we all, we were there at BlizzCon to announce the the movie coming out. And they're all just loving people. We had a guy from Brazil. Do you remember that chap from Brazil? He came dressed.

Travis Fimmel

Yes, big dude.

Toby Kebbell

He was a, he was a big dude. Came with the tusks. He'd made his own.

Young Hollywood

Oh wow.

Toby Kebbell

Yeah. I couldn't stop looking at his nipples, to be honest.

Young Hollywood

And that's Travis. Speaking of which, what your characters look like, I mean, you got the whole beard situation going on, but you're hideous in the middle.

Travis Fimmel

Yeah. In real life too.

Young Hollywood

So, what were the costumes like for that?

Toby Kebbell

So, my character is motion capture, which is basically I do all the motion for this incredible model that these artists for tireless hours making. And so doing all the motion, creating Durotan, have his movements. When I blink, Durotan blinks. And once that model is created, that goes into the telling of the story. So that's Durotan.

Young Hollywood

That's fancy computer stuff.

Toby Kebbell

It's fancy computer stuff.

Young Hollywood

We have to talk a little bit about your beard situation because with every character that you play, you've got a hair thing going on.

Travis Fimmel

I don't know. I've had a beard for a fair while now because of Vikings and stuff. Yeah. We had shot this between Vikings. And I can't grow a beard that quick, so I had to keep it.

Young Hollywood

So and you've had extensions for that character though.

Travis Fimmel

The last year of Vikings. Yeah, I had some extensions, yeah.

Toby Kebbell

Yeah, my hair is uh, I've got a lot of gel in my hair today. But uh

Young Hollywood

Looks good. I like it.

Toby Kebbell

Thanks. I hate wearing gel in my hair.

Young Hollywood

Now Toby, you sometimes play the villain. Is it better to play the nice guy or the bad guy?

Toby Kebbell

It depends. I mean, I'm lucky on this one because Durotan's a nice guy. Give it a, give it a little cuddle. Um, Durotan's a nice guy, so it's rare that you get a hero that's that's rich enough to have something interesting going on. And so usually the villain is the richer character, you know, he gets to do

Young Hollywood

How old are you?

Toby Kebbell

debauchery and skulduggery. 33. It's not Young Hollywood.

Travis Fimmel

I'm 36.

Toby Kebbell

I don't know if this is Young Hollywood.

Travis Fimmel

Yeah, we might get found out on this, yeah.

Young Hollywood

I like that you're admitting your ages on camera.

Toby Kebbell

Yeah, there's no way around it now. You know. You're the young in this, you're the young.

Travis Fimmel

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

So, you play these awesome character roles, but do you guys either have a role you'd wish to play?

Travis Fimmel

I'd like to play a cowboy.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, I think that's every kid's. A cowboy. How come? Why is that every, I feel like every boy out there wants to play a cowboy.

Travis Fimmel

Well, you ride horses, so technically you've played a cowboy in real life.

Toby Kebbell

Yeah, but I'd love to play a cowboy. Yeah, it is, it is. He's ridden a horse. I've ridden a horse. I was in War Horse. I mean, you know, you

Travis Fimmel

He's ridden a horse.

Toby Kebbell

Yeah, I was, yeah, yeah. I rescued the horse from No Man's Land.

Young Hollywood

That was you?

Toby Kebbell

Yeah, I had a German.

Young Hollywood

Does that make you respect him more?

Travis Fimmel

No, he wasn't very good in that. No.

Young Hollywood

You're awesome. Really? Yeah. I watched it on the plane.

Travis Fimmel

Horses are, for me, the definition of being a cowboy. You've got

Toby Kebbell

I own a horse.

Travis Fimmel

You got.

Young Hollywood

What? He won that, so what's your next one up?

Toby Kebbell

I own a cowboy shirt.

Young Hollywood

Okay. Cowboy like Dallas Cowboys?

Toby Kebbell

Yeah, like the Dallas Cowboys.

Young Hollywood

So you grew up on a dairy farm. You've been said to uh, if you make enough money, you'd leave Hollywood and go back to the farm.

Travis Fimmel

Yeah, for sure. Yeah. I'm not that not putting makeup and gel on for nothing.

Young Hollywood

You want to grow old with the cows and your horses?

Travis Fimmel

Yeah, for sure. No, I love the country. I'm a country boy, so I like that.

Young Hollywood

And you Toby, what do you want to do when you grow up?

Toby Kebbell

I'm from the country too. Yeah. I don't own horses yet, so obviously one of us is doing better than the other.

Young Hollywood

Your life growing up was pretty crazy though. You were one of five, right?

Toby Kebbell

That's right. Yeah, good knowledge.

Young Hollywood

What was the house like? It was uh

Toby Kebbell

Loud? It was loud, yeah.

Young Hollywood

So then you put on plays?

Toby Kebbell

We didn't put on plays. No, we weren't like the

Young Hollywood

Didn't put on plays? I feel like that's Yeah, you had a full team there.

Toby Kebbell

Yeah, I was, listen, I was a, I was born Catholic. I lived across from the church. I literally lived directly across from the Catholic church. And we used to do like nativity plays. You know, the nativity play of And I didn't, I constantly was trying to, I couldn't play Joseph. Joseph was played by Matthew Woolgar and Stacey Holland, who was the prettiest girl in class. Stacey Holland gets to play Mary. So of course everyone wants to be Joseph. I didn't even get to be innkeeper number two who shows them to the the nice room where they have the baby. I was innkeeper number one.

Young Hollywood

What?

Toby Kebbell

Which says like, his line is sorry, we haven't any room. So, you know, I just said no when I was asked.

Young Hollywood

Such a waste of talent. Such a waste of talent, Travis.

Travis Fimmel

I know. It's heartbreaking, isn't it?

Young Hollywood

All right. I gotta ask you guys because you're from Australia, you're from England. We kind of have that little thing going on with the rugby teams. Which is better? England or Australia with a few questions here. So, England or Australia in terms of food?

Travis Fimmel

Australia for sure.

Toby Kebbell

This is gonna be a prob. Well, actually, by the way, yeah, by the way actually Australia is pretty good for food, to be fair. What are we talking about in terms of food? Yeah, we're not talking about Tucker food, are we? We're not talking about bush food. No, Australia is very fresh. It is. It is. And they get a lot of good produce from New Zealand.

Young Hollywood

Okay. England or Australia in terms of drinking? Who can tolerate their drink? However you want to define that.

Toby Kebbell

They start earlier, I feel. We have bigger

Travis Fimmel

We've been drinking.

Toby Kebbell

You do. You're partying, you're more party people. We drink just out of the cold. You're working a pub in London and boys, every lunch time. Everybody's drinking. So, I'll give you that. You got the daytime drinks.

Young Hollywood

England or Australia, comedic chops? Who's funnier?

Travis Fimmel

Uh, definitely Australians.

Toby Kebbell

Definitely not me, but definitely Australians. I'll tell you what, yeah. I've heard some funny Australians. They are funny people.

Travis Fimmel

Thank you.

Toby Kebbell

Said Australia.

Young Hollywood

England or Australia, weather?

Travis Fimmel

Australia.

Toby Kebbell

Yeah, but we need some rain. We would, it'd be good to have some rain. We miss, yeah. But but by far.

Young Hollywood

England or Australia in terms of tourists? Who's a better tourist?

Toby Kebbell

Yeah, I mean, everyone says that Americans are so rude. By far, England. But everybody says that. They get on with Aussies. When they do. They do get on with Aussies pretty good. It's a proportion of time, I think. I like Australians. I'm not sure, but everybody tells me Australians.

Young Hollywood

All right, guys. Thanks for playing. Thanks for coming to Young Hollywood and stopping by.

Toby Kebbell

Thank you guys.

Young Hollywood

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Travis Fimmel

    Star of 'Warcraft', interviewee

  • Toby Kebbell

    Star of 'Warcraft', interviewee

  • Jackie Karsh

    Host of the interview

  • Durotan

    Toby Kebbell's character in 'Warcraft'

  • Matthew Woolgar

    Played Joseph in Toby's nativity play

  • Stacey Holland

    Played Mary in Toby's nativity play

FAQ

What movie are Travis Fimmel and Toby Kebbell promoting?+
Travis Fimmel and Toby Kebbell are promoting the movie 'Warcraft', which is based on the popular video game.
What are Travis Fimmel and Toby Kebbell's characters in 'Warcraft'?+
Travis Fimmel plays a good guy character, while Toby Kebbell portrays Durotan, who is described as a nice guy hero.
What is motion capture?+
Motion capture is a technique where an actor's movements are recorded and used to animate a digital model, as Toby Kebbell describes for his character Durotan.
Where is Travis Fimmel from?+
Travis Fimmel is from Australia and grew up on a dairy farm.
Where is Toby Kebbell from?+
Toby Kebbell is from England and also grew up in the country.
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