I get the feeling the answer on this penguin question is not so black and white.

November 4, 2008 1:59 PM

Okay it's driving me nuts: what actor is the main penguin from Madagascar supposed to be imitating?

Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe he's just doing some generic war hero kind of a voice from the movies, but I don't think so. I think he's sort of imitating SOMEONE from SOME movie. I just have no idea who it is. Do you?

posted by rileyray3000 to media & arts (4 comments total)

Charlton Heston
posted by roger ackroyd at 2:03 PM on November 4, 2008

From this interview:

Q-Did you do anything to prepare for your role as a Penguin?

A-I watched planet of the apes, Charlton Heston is a great penguin.
posted by Bearman at 2:10 PM on November 4, 2008

Or, what roger said.
posted by Bearman at 2:11 PM on November 4, 2008

I can't believe I didn't hear that till now. Something about coming out of the mouth of a penguin made it hard to get. Thanks all.
posted by rileyray3000 at 6:30 PM on November 4, 2008