Double trouble in Despicable Me 3 

Not only does Gru discover that he has as twin brother Dru, but he also discovers just how good it is to be bad
Double trouble in Despicable Me 3 

Taking off from where it left us, Illumination’s Despicable Me 3 tells the story of what happens to Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), after he is fired from the anti-villain league for failing to take down the newest bad guy to threaten humanity. Now, Gru finds himself in the midst of a major identity crisis. But when a mysterious stranger shows up to inform Gru that he has a long-lost twin brother named Dru (also voiced by Carell), who desperately wishes to follow in his twin’s despicable footsteps — one former super villain will rediscover just how good it feels to be bad. 
 
Gru vs Dru  
Since he began voicing Gru, Carell has grown to consider the former super-villain a member of his own family. As producer Chris Meledandri says, “He is respectful of the written words, but we encourage him to bring his personality and voice — given that he’s the architect of Gru — to these recording sessions. He’s responsible for defining how Gru’s continuing to evolve.”


Inspired by the images of Eric Guillon, Carell had given Gru a curious Eastern European accent almost a decade earlier. Similarly, Guillon’s designs for Dru informed the persona and voice that Carell created for Gru’s twin brother.  “Once I saw what Dru was going to look like, I went from there,” explains Carell.  “He looks a lot like Gru and they have the same body type, but they move differently. Still, there are a few very specific exceptions.  He has a lot of blond hair and dresses fashionably.  The voice came out of who I thought the alter-ego of Gru was.”


The film’s directors were impressed by Carell’s ability to capture such distinct voices for both Gru (with a 
deeper, cynical and methodical tone) and Dru (with lighter, more lively and joyous vocals), especially within a single recording session.  


Although the twins were separated at birth, Carell points out that genetics seem to be all they share. When Gru brings Lucy and the girls to this faraway land to meet his brother, it seems like Dru is a parallel version of Gru. He is light, silly, extremely buoyant and effusive—all the things that Gru does not necessarily have as a part of himself. Still, as audiences will discover, the brothers share more than they know. “What might at first appear like an opposite personality is not necessarily that.”

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