Joseph Gatt says his character in Disney's 'Dumbo' is Darth Vader to Michael Keaton's The Emperor
Actor Joseph Gatt who plays the villain's right hand man in the upcoming Disney film 'Dumbo' finds his character interesting and is pleasantly surprised that it was not OTT, something that Disney villains sometime tend to be.
Gatt plays Neils Skelling, the guard at the circus owned by VA Vandevere (Michael Keaton) and where Dumbo, a baby elephant with oversized ears and flying powers, is housed.
Skellig serves VA Vandevere and in Gatt's words, "I do the dirty work. I am the Darth Vader to Vandevere's Darth Sidious."
In this exclusive interview with MEA WorldWide, Gatt spoke how he landed the role, working with director Tim Burton and actors Michael Keaton and Colin Farrell.
Things took off when one of the producers of the film, Derek Frey, got casting to reach out to Gatt for an audition. He recalls that he sent a self-tape when the movie team was already two months into shooting. He was also surprised that he was asked to make his audition as realistic as possible.
