They made the film funnier, better: 'Angry Birds 2' producer John Cohen on star-studded voice cast

With celebrated actors and comedians like Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad, Leslie Jones, Awkwafina and Sterling K Brown, "The Angry Bird Movie 2", is surely going to be fun ride, says producer John Cohen.

The Sony Pictures Animation project also has Jason Sudeikis returning as Red, Bill Hader reprising King Leonard and Maya Rudolph voicing Matilda.

"We are so lucky to have these people in the movie and they are so talented and so funny in the movie. What happens is you develop the characters and at the same time have in your mind a wishlist of the people you hope to get in. We are so happy to get all the people we wanted," Cohen said in a group interview here.

The producer said, even though they design the characters based on the script of the film, it is always fun to have the actors improvising and adding something special to the story.

"When we go into the process of casting we meet actors and discuss the characters and when in the studio, we start recording and then we see what they are bringing to the character. That does influence what we do with the character going forward from that point. Because we do start to tailor the character to specific actors and their comic sensibilities," he added.

The movie features Dinklage as Ethan "Mighty" Eagle and Cohen revealed that the actor was busy with the final season of epic fantasy drama "Game of Thrones" while also dubbing for "Angry Birds 2".

"Peter Dinklage is extraordinary and so funny. We were recording with him when he was filming the final season of 'Game of Thrones'. He would come into our recording studio and we could make out that he has had a very serious and tough day. But then he had so much fun in being silly and funny," the producer said.

Praising the rest of the cast, Cohen added that the contribution of the voice stars is immense in making the film funnier and better.

"Each of the actors we have in the movie is a gifted writer and improvise... Leslie Jones, Bill Hader and Awakafina do with scripted lines, but they would add something of their own.

"Actors like Josh Gad and Rachel Bloom they come with the writing they have done in advance. They have ideas and it continues to make the film better and funnier."
"And when that movie became a success, we found that we will be able to make a second film, we hit the ground at that very moment in 2016."