Son of Zorn: How Jason Sudeikis Becomes Zorn
On Fox's new live-action/animated hybrid sitcom Son of Zorn, Saturday Night Live alum Jason Sudeikis provides his baritone voice to Zorn, a He-Man-like warrior from the island of Zephyria who moves to Orange County, Calif. to rekindle his relationship with his ex-wife Edie (Cheryl Hines) and their teenage son Alangulon aka Alan (Johnny Pemberton).
Since Sudeikis is not a bloodthirsty, culturally regressive seven-foot-tall cartoon character, it takes some work to make him into Zorn -- but not as much as you may think.
When TVGuide.com talked to him, he was going to go into the studio for an hour to two the next day to record some fresh jokes Son of Zorn executive producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller had sent over for an upcoming episode.
A typical workday for Sudeikis on Son of Zorn finds him recording dialogue for one episode, then doubling back and recording new dialogue for a previously-recorded episode, a process that Sudeikis says is both luxurious for the flexibility it allows and a work-in-progress that he and the producers will find ways to improve if the show gets picked up for a second season.
Maybe then he'd get to hang out with Zorn's live-action stand-in Dan Lippert, who gives Hines and co. a Zorn to talk to and look at during rehearsals before they have to recite their lines to an empty space while shooting.