FOREST WHITAKER IS WILD ABOUT “WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE”
Oscar winning-actor Forest Whitaker provides his voice for character Ira in movie Where The Wild Things Are, based on the classic children’s book by Maurice Sendak. Forest remembers having the book read to him as child and he in turn read the book to his children when they were younger.
“The grunts and stuff I’ve done at home with my kids, Forest said of his voice role. When they were younger, I’d do it a lot when I’d read them the book. It’s sort of been handed down in my family because it was read to me when I was a kid. I read it to all my kids, and now they read it on their own now. They loved the scary parts.”
Like the book, Forest admits that the movie is a bit scary.
“The book operates on primal fears. The one thing about the movie that I was surprised about is it’s really frightening.When you see Max, the little boy, running alongside the wild things, you’re always worried. Are they going to knock him off the cliff? It’s really intense. But I think kids can handle it. They get to face some of the stuff that they’re dealing with, even if it’s in their imagination.”
Though his onscreen character Ira is pretty tough, Forest confesses that he himself is not “a tough guy”-especially when it comes to his kids.
“I’m not a tough love guy. To be honest, my wife is much stronger with the kids than I am. They come to me when they’re trying to slip something by. I have to always take a pause, when they come and say, ‘Hey Dad, is it OK if we do this?’ So I just look at them like, ‘Have you talked to your mom about that?’ They know I’m the easy one.”
In all, Forest and his wife Keisha have daughters Sonnet Noel, 13, and True Isabella Summer, 11,. Keisha has daughter Autumn, 18, while Forest has son Ocean, 19, from previous relationships.
BCK Says: Have any of you seen the movie?
The movie seems really scary for kids…I remember reading the book when I was younger and being scared…and the movie makes everything look so real even the monsters/wildthings
Forest looks gaunt. He has loss weight in his face. Is he loosing weight for a movie role?
Forest looks GREAT! I love when people read to their kids and I read Where the Wild Things Are all by myself when I was little and loved it.
Autumn and Ocean are such cool names.
yhh i know i might steal them as middle names though lol
My daughter loved the movie. I remember being read this book as a child and reading it to my daughter. I didnt want her to tear up my book when she was younger(LOL). So I bought one so she could have of her very own. Maybe one day she can read to her children.
Forest look like he lost a lot of weight. Autumn looks just like her Mom.
The movie seems very boring for kids…Alot of parents complained about that.
His daughters are beautiful.
I loved this book growing up. I wasn’t scared. I plan to see the movie and I don’t even have kids.
Keisha and Forest must have been meant for each other. I guess she would be attracted someone named Forest, being that she named her child Autumn.
Their one daughter looks like Forest’s twin. The girls a really cute.
Hey! I had to do a double take. Forester has really lost weight. Good for him. May I also add - beautiful fam.
yhh i know i might steal them as middle names though lol
BTW I love your blog!
Nice family pic