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Hank Azaria on The Smurfs, Living Cartoons and the Joys of Cat-Throwing

Nearly a quarter century of The Simpsons alone have made Hank Azaria one of the more inveterate voice actors in the industry. But what’s the flesh-and-blood Azaria — no slouch himself onscreen over the years — to do when playing a cartoon come to life? That’s one of the dynamics factoring into this week’s live-action/CGI adaptation of The Smurfs , featuring Azaria as the tiny blue title creatures’ arch-nemesis Gargamel.

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Hank Azaria on The Smurfs, Living Cartoons and the Joys of Cat-Throwing

Bad Movies We Love: A Kid in King Arthur’s Court

Child actors of the early ’90s understood chutzpah , you know? The newsies gyrated, the Cucamonga campers jived, and even the Tonka-tough Little Leaguers burst with starpower. Case in point, Thomas Ian Nicolas, the future American Pie and Please Give costar , bounds into Camelot with Louisville Slugger confidence in A Kid in King Arthur’s Court , the kiddie flick from ’94 that also features two of Cowboys & Aliens ‘s best attributes: a hokey mashup of disparate eras and — oh yes — Daniel Craig.

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Bad Movies We Love: A Kid in King Arthur’s Court