"Bee Movie," opening Nov. 2, is largely a Jerry Seinfeld affair, which is why I interviewed Seinfeld for Sunday's Ticket+ section (and did a complementary interview for the cameras, which can be seen here.
But the love interest in "Bee Movie" is no slouch, either: Oscar winner Renee Zellweger voices Vanessa, the florist on whom Barry the Bee develops a crush.
Co-director Steve Hickner praises Zellweger's creativity in the vocal booth.
"She's spectacular," Hickner says. "You never have any idea what she's going to give you, and she never gives the same read twice."
Zellweger decided that Vanessa would be just like Maude from "Harold and Maude," but quite a few years younger.
Hickner found the idea inspired. "(Vanessa) has that kind of quirkiness Ruth Gordon had...and Maude would have a friend who's a bee!"
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