Naomi Watanabe on First English Voice Acting Role in Pixar’s Elio

Naomi Watanabe on First English Voice Acting Role in Pixar’s Elio

everybody’s so nice and so creative and I’m a little nervous because this is my first the English voice actor acting but they are so supporting me and they so um teach me everything and yeah everybody is so to eat

Naomi Watanabe on first English voice acting role in Pixar’s Elio.

For centuries, people have called out to the universe looking for answers—in Disney and Pixar’s all-new feature film “Elio,” the universe calls back! When Elio is beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide, Elio’s all in for the epic undertaking. Mistakenly identified as Earth’s leader, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions, and somehow discover who and where he is truly meant to be. Directed by Madeline Sharafian (“Burrow” Sparkshort), Domee Shi (“Bao” short, “Turning Red”) and Adrian Molina (co-screenwriter/co-director of “Coco”), and produced by Mary Alice Drumm (associate producer of “Coco”), the film features the voices of Yonas Kibreab as Elio, Zoe Saldaña as Aunt Olga, Remy Edgerly as Glordon, Brad Garrett as Lord Grigon, Jameela Jamil as Ambassador Questa and Shirley Henderson as Ooooo.

Elio is in theaters on Friday, June 20, 2025.

Interview clip courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures.

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