VIDEO: Kristin Chenoweth Chats Voicing Opera-Singing Frog in RIO 2
By: Caryn Robbins Apr. 09, 2014
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Kristin Chenoweth stopped by this morning's TODAY on NBC to chat about lending her voice to the upcoming film RIO 2, the sequel to the animated hit, 'Rio.' The Broadway vet voices 'Gabi', an opera-singing poisonous frog who can't be touched. "He's a bit of a stalker," joked the actress of her cartoon counterpart. Check out the appearance below!
The 3D computer-animated musical adventure-comedy RIO 2 is directed by Carlos Saldanha. Featuring the returning voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, and Jake T. Austin, the film will be released on April 11, 2014.
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