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HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (2012)PRODUCTION NOTESJONATHANJonathan is a typical 21-year-old human, backpacking his wayacross Europe in his continuing worldwide travels. He’sconfident, full of life, talkative, curious and good-natured—notto mention amazing on a skateboard. His motto is “just rollwith it." Now, in his wandering, he’s stumbled onto a <strong>hotel</strong> fullof…monsters!? To help him blend in (and keep the monstersunaware of the security breach), Drac disguises him asJohnnystein, Frankenstein’s supposed cousin. Drac's planbackfires, however, when his daughter Mavis and ‘Johnnystein’ hit it off, and Jonathanignores his earlier promise to Drac, to run at his first opportunity. Because hey, thismonster thing is kind of cool – and he’s intrigued by a cute teenage vampire girl.“Jonathan is high on life,” says Tartakovsky. “He’s got a big personality, he’s energetic,and outgoing. When Andy Samberg did the first voice reading, it was like, boom, thereit is. It was instant humor, instant magic between him and Adam – the contrast betweenAdam’s super-articulate Dracula and Andy’s free spirit was perfect. But Andy alsobrought a sincerity to the role – he made Jonathan who he is.”“Jonathan is pretty much based on who I was in high school, and on a lot of dudes Iknew growing up in the Bay Area in California,” Samberg says. “He’s kind of abackpacker, really loves seeing the world, and super positive in the face of adversity,even maybe when he shouldn’t be.”“It was really fun to do more animation,” says Samberg, who previously voiced a role forSony Pictures Animation’s hit film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. “The fact thatthis time I got to record with Sandler in the studio was a big plus. On other animatedmovies I've worked on the actors didn't really get to record together, but I think workingtogether helped us play off each other and gave the characters the right tone.”© 2012 Sony Pictures Animation 8
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (2012)PRODUCTION NOTESFRANKENSTEINDracula’s best friend (and Mavis’ favorite “Uncle Frank”) isnone other than Frankenstein—an oversized working manwith an even bigger heart. It’s been a long time since thismonster stormed through the countryside, frighteningvillagers and constables alike. Now, he’s an unassumingmarried man who loves his adoptive family, Drac and Mavis.Imagine his surprise when he and his wife Eunice show upfor Mavis’ 118th birthday party—and he is introduced to acousin he’s never met, Johnnystein (human Jonathan in alast-minute disguise). Well, family is family, even if he looks a little strange, and Frankis happy to get to know his somewhat short and newly discovered relative.Kevin James voices the role. “He can be funny and loving and endearing and sweet –he shows us the true Frankenstein, who he is at heart,” says Murdocca. “But make nomistake – he is also a big guy who you do not want to mess with. That doesn’t comeout too often in our movie, but when it does, you better watch out.”“Frank seems like a big, tough guy, but there are times when he goes to pieces,” saysJames. “I mean literally. Like to travel, he actually comes apart and gets packed inseveral suitcases... which is not fun at baggage claim.”EUNICEEunice is Frankenstein’s beloved wife. What Frank lacksin forcefulness, Eunice more than makes up for. She’scritical, brash and can have an ‘in your face’ attitude, butunderneath it all, she’s a loving family woman.Fran Drescher, famous for her role on “The Nanny,”© 2012 Sony Pictures Animation 9
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