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In order to pay tribute to the origin of The Smurfs in Europe, the crew set the story in Paris, France. Many Parisian landmarks also appeared in the film, including La Tour Eiffel , Arc de Triomphe, Musée du Louvre , Seine River , Troca Places such as Diro Fountain Square and Notre Dame Cathedral.
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The location where Gargamel performed live in the film is the famous Paris Opera House. It is said that the production team can enter all the places of this exquisite building, including the private beehive on the roof-where the best honey is produced in France.
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Since Gargamel’s luxurious four-wheeled carriage is far away in Paris, the crew can only build the interior of this carriage on the Montreal stage. As long as Gargamel and Aziz enter the carriage and press a button, stereo, TV, and snacks will appear one after another. , Full Gargamel style.
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Regarding Azima, the crew took a real cat scene in each scene, and another scene without a cat, and then decided whether to use a real cat, add a CG face to the cat, or use CG animation entirely. Replace this cat.
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In order to distinguish the color of "Naughty Elves" from any human skin color, the original author Beyo's daughter and The Smurfs historian both recommended neutral gray, and the director still added blue freckles to them, because it seemed to be true. They have "The Smurfs" in their bodies.
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Since most of the problems of making a CG/live-action movie were solved in the first film, a key change in the technology of "The Smurfs2" was the use of a new Sony F65 camera for shooting.
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Jonathan Winters , who dubbed The Smurfs father , died on April 11, 2013, so the film became his posthumous work. Jonathan Winters has dubbed the father in The Smurfs since the TV series in the 1980s, and he can be described as a professional of The Smurfs.
The Smurfs 2 behind the scenes gags
The Smurfs 2 quotes
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Gargamel: Welcome to the party, Papa!
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Narrator Smurf: [narrating a pop-up book] Once upon a time, in Smurf Village, happy Smurfs were going about their happy lives completely unaware that not too far away, the evil wizard Gargamel was concocting a diabolical plan.
[a band plays behind him]
Narrator Smurf: Hey. Hey! Smooth, you're upstaging the narrator.
Smooth Smurf: Yo, take it down a notch, my blues brothers.
Narrator Smurf: Thank you. Anyway... So Gargamel said, "I am making my own irresistible creation, the Smurfette, to infiltrate their village and betray the Smurfs. "
Vanity Smurf: Wow. Not a good look on her.
Grouchy Smurf: She's a Frankensmurf?
Narrator Smurf: Yes. And her naughty nature took Smurf Village by storm. She even flooded our village. The Smurfs wanted her gone, but even though she was Gargamel's creation, Papa saw the good in her. With love, kindness, a complete makeover, and a secret magic formula, he turned her into a true-blue Smurf, and that is how our darling Smurfette came to be.