Will Arnett Jokes That He Almost Fired Himself From ‘Twisted Metal’: ‘It Took A Few Sessions To Get It Right’

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Will Arnett is getting twisted. The Canadian actor sat down with ET Canada’s Brittnee Blair to talk all about his new series “Twisted Metal”, on which he is both an executive producer and an actor. READ MORE: Will Arnett Meets The 8-Year-Old Who Threw A Will Arnett-Themed Birthday Party In the series, based on the classic video game franchise, Arnett supplies the voice of Sweet Tooth, the iconic clown mask-wearing ice cream truck driver. “When we first started to develop the show, I wasn’t necessarily going to do anything on the show,” Arnett admitted, adding, “Then they were like, ‘Hey, what about the idea of you doing the voice of Sweet Tooth?’ And I was like, ‘Sure.'” The show ended up casting pro wrestler Samoa Joe, who Arnett calls “amazing,” to play the embodiment of Sweet Tooth, with Arnett doing the character’s voice. “I was like, ‘I don’t want to mess this up,'” the actor recalled. “He did such an awesome job.

And now I’ve got to come in at the end and do this voice, and it took a few sessions to get it right, I’ll say that much.” He then joked, “I got really close to firing myself,” adding, “For real.” Talking about getting the character’s voice right, Arnett said, “I’m not sure I ever did perfect the voice I wanted.

But it took a while.” A lot of it came down to getting the strange, violently comedic tone of the show across to the audience. “Our show is fun and he’s got to be a psycho that you believe wants to kill everybody,” Arnett explained. “I know that sounds like a bad thing.

In this case, it’s good. And at the same time, we want him to be funny and kind of be the comedic relief in a lot of ways. So, yeah, it took a few sessions to get it right, if I’m being honest and I am being honest.” READ