Was that Ally McBeal?
James Marsden: No, that was before Ally McBeal. But then Ally McBeal was another thing, where David Kelly found out I could sing and I was doing Frank Sinatra tunes almost every other episode. But I gave that tape to Alan Shankman for Hairspray and got cast as Corny Collins in that. But I think on this film, I don’t think it was ever Kevin [Lima]‘s intention to hire actors that could sing. He thought: “We’ll get the actors and then we’ll hire Disney voices to come and sing.” But I said I’d love to do it, so Kevin gave us a crack and we qualified. How did you cope with having a CGI chipmunk as a co-star for a lot of the time? James Marsden: It was fine [smiles]. Obviously, when you shoot those scenes there’s nothing really there except a paper clip with a piece of paper attached to it for you to look at, so that your eyes are actually focusing on something. And there’s pieces of tape everywhere to indicate where the chipmunk jumps around. But I decided not to worry about it too much. I
