Interview with Lea Delaria (voice of “Miss Fritter”) in Cars 3

CARS 3 Races Home Digitally and 4K Ultra HD™ on Oct. 24,
and on Blu-ray 4K Ultra HD™ and Blu-ray™ on Nov. ​7th

Disclosure: Disney Pixar sponsored my travel, accommodations and activities during the press trip, however, all opinions, typos and grammatical errors are my own.

Photo credit Becky from week99er.com

If you enjoyed the movie Cars 3 this Summer, now you can to bring Cars 3 home with you today Digitally in HD and 4K Ultra HD™ or wait a couple of weeks and get the Blu-Ray combo on November 7th.

When an interview starts with your interviewer entering the room with jokes, you know it is going to be awesome.
Lea Delaria: "I’m so excited. I love you guys. You’re always so much fun. Oh, we’re taking pictures, (flips everyone off). So hilarious. See, I love mommy bloggers".

Even before Cars 3 was released in theaters back in June 2017, Lea Delaria got the call about having a Blu-Ray extra scene:  Miss Fritter’s Racing Skoool (Exclusive new mini-movie). Lea Delaria said: "I mean, that was exciting, right? So yeah, and then we went in and recorded it, and lau- I mean, making any Pixar movie, I imagine, is probably very akin to what my experience has been".

Then in her own funny way she added: "And my experience has been awesome and fun-loving. I mean, what a great place to work. Honestly, if this acting thing doesn’t work out for me I’m going to Pixar".

I had been in several press junkets and some of them have been very funny, but I would have to say that this interview is one of the funniest, if not the funniest one ever. Lea's personality is great, her acting in always on point and she is just a very humble, down to earth person. 

How did they record the exclusive mini-movie Miss Fritter’s Racing Skoool 

​Lea Delaria: "They recorded it at Oprah’s studio, so I was in OWN studio, and I was running around going, where’s Oprah? Where’s Oprah? ‘Cause, I love her. And, so, yeah, so everything about that day was just so great. And then, when they sent it to us, we saw it, was it, maybe two weeks ago; three weeks ago? And they sent it to us, and it was sent from my manager Jeremy, that’s who I keep referring to, he, he keeps me honest. And, uh, it’s not that I’m dishonest, it’s just that I’m fifty-nine and I sweat a lot and I forget things.

​How much of it was script and how much was improvisation?

Lea Delaria: "It’s kind of a combination of all of that. Um, at- and the entire thing is filmed like that. Uh, they hand me a script but they have, generally ten alternate lines that they want to do. And then the writers, directors, producers they’ll go, try this, try this, try this. Hey, Lea, do you have any ideas? And then I’ll do it, and it’s often that line ends up being a combination of all of it. You know?"

What do you prefer: on screen or the voice acting

Lea Delaria: "I prefer to pay my rent. Whatever, whatever’s gonna pay my rent and put food in my mouth is gonna- you know, ‘cause I like my food. Um, so yeah. That, that’s it. Um, I think what I like about voice acting, or, or that, is how big it can be. Like I did- I used to do, I, I’m gonna say it; I was in Saved by the Bell, the new class, so I used to do, um, Saturday morning television. And when you do Saturday morning television, you get to be really big.

​What goes through your head when you get told, Pixar called?

Lea Delaria: "Oh, what went through my head? I’m buying a house!  No- oh honey, I jumped up and down, just- I can’t even tell you. We were so excited when they called. I mean, I love Pixar. I love cartoons, um, I’m a big fan of animation, and I’m a huge fan of Pixar’s. Always have been. See all of their movies. So, when we got the call it was like- that’s like bucket list stuff for any actor. There’s not an actor on the planet that doesn’t want to do that, you know what I mean? So, yeah, I was excited".

​Is there a role in either theater or movies that you are just dying to grab a hold of?

Lea Delaria: "Uh, a role that I’m dying to grab a hold of, um, any role where I get to kiss Angelina Jolie,  is the role for me. No, I’m still waiting for somebody to write that musical for me. That’s the one thing that I’m, you know, very interested on.  I’ve actually had someone just write a play for me, so I will probably be doing off Broadway next fall. Um, called Innocence, written by a guy named, uh, Aaron Mark".

Photo credit Becky from week99er.com

About Miss Fritter

​Lea DeLaria (Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black”) provides the voice of Miss Fritter, a local legend at the Thunder Hollow Speedway demolition derby. Fritter’s formidable school-bus size is intimidating, but it’s her smoke stacks of doom, razor-sharp stop sign and crazy collection of her victims’ license plates that usually steers her opponents in the other direction.

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