Bill Hader<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe voice was created by director J.J. Abrams using their voices manipulated through a talkbox attached to an iPad running a sound effects app. <\/p>\n
Speaking on \u2018David Tennant Does A Podcast with\u2026\u2019, he told the \u2018Doctor Who\u2019 star: \u201cI helped originate the voice, so every now and then I\u2019ll get a cheque from Star Wars.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the beginning it was me. Me and JJ (Abrams) would write lines for BB-8 and then we would give them to Lucas Films or ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) and then they would turn them into beeps and boops.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBB-8 appears in the \u2018Star Wars\u2019 trilogy as well as the animated series \u2018Star Wars Resistance\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nMeanwhile, Hader previously admitted he refuses to sign autographs and recalled turning down a kid\u2019s request to sign his BB-8 merchandise. <\/p>\n
\nSpeaking on the ‘Happy Sad Confused’ podcast in 2023, he said: “Autograph people don’t like me. I won’t sign things. I used to sign stuff, and then one time I saw somebody and they had their kid come up to me to sign a BB-8 thing and it was three in the morning.<\/p>\n
\n“I was leaving the ‘Inside Out’ premiere and then we went to an after-party thing and it was super late and this guy kept his kid up all night.<\/p>\n
\n“(He was like), ‘Go over there so he’ll sign it so I can sell it online.’<\/p>\n
\n“And I was like ‘That’s f***** up!’<\/p>\n
\n“And so now, I just kind of blanket, like, I’m not signing any of this s***!'”<\/p>\n
\nThe ‘Barry’ star added that while it is “very sweet” that director Abrams attributed the BB-8 character to him, he still cannot take credit for the part.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: “I came in and did like voice stuff for it that didn\u2019t work. Then, he brought me in later and said, \u2018Hey, do you want to do this.\u2019 It was like a… talk box thing and then I did that.<\/p>\n
\n“And the reason he hasn\u2019t had me come back is because anybody can do that… it\u2019s like a machine that you can operate.”<\/p>\n
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