Timberlake Talks Trolls

TFK Kid Reporter Priya Bhakta talks to actor and musician Justin Timberlake about Trolls

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TFK Kid Reporter Priya Bhakta meets actor, musician, and music producer Justin Timberlake at a Trollspress day in Los Angeles, California.

The upbeat, colorful world of Trolls rolls into theaters today. The tiny creatures with great hair are always singing, dancing, and hugging. Princess Poppy leads the disco-glitter group. But when they are captured by the unhappy Bergens, Poppy gets help from her grumpy friend Branch, voiced by actor and musician Justin Timberlake.

TFK Kid Reporter Priya Bhakta met up with Timberlake in Los Angeles, California, to talk about the new movie.

TIME FOR KIDS:

What was your reaction when you first heard the idea for Trolls?

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE:

This is going to be a really awesome animated movie.

DREAMWORKS

Cloud Guy, a mysterious forest dweller, offers grumpy Branch a friendly fist bump in Trolls.

TFK:

You’re the voice of a troll named Branch. Could you tell us about your character?

TIMBERLAKE:

In the world of the trolls—they like to sing and dance a lot. Branch, my character, is a little grumpy—he doesn’t like to sing and dance as much. But as you watch the movie, you certainly find out why.

TFK:

Poppy, voiced by Anna Kendrick, is a really happy, peppy troll. Branch is grumpy. Who do you relate to more in real life?

TIMBERLAKE:

I’m really grumpy before I eat breakfast. But once I eat breakfast, I’m okay.

TFK:

Kid Reporter

Priya Bhakta

You recently became a father. Does your son inspire your work?

TIMBERLAKE:

Of course! Kids inspire everything.

TFK:

You said that the music that you wrote for Trolls is different from the music you write regularly. How so?

TIMBERLAKE:

I had to write songs for specific scenes in the movie, so they had to really match what was going on. When you write songs for your album you’re just writing songs from scratch. It was a little bit of a challenge to write songs for some scenes.

TFK:

Why should kids see Trolls?

DREAMWORKS

Poppy’s best friends include Guy Diamond, Smidge, Mr. Dinkles, Biggie, Cooper, and DJ Suki.

TIMBERLAKE:

First of all, it’s fun, and it’s funny, and the music is great. I think it has a really great message: You don’t need anything or anyone else to make you happy. Happiness is inside of all of us, you choose it.

TFK:

After working on Trolls, do you want to do more animated movies?

TIMBERLAKE:

Sure. . . Maybe Trolls 2!

Do you want to go see the movie Trolls? Do you think it looks good?