Rio


11:10 am - 12:15 pm, Saturday, May 9 on ITV2 (6)

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A domesticated rare bird is taken to Rio de Janeiro to mate with a female, but the pair are stolen by animal smugglers. He ends up lost on the streets of a strange city, and to make it back to his owner, he will have to learn to fly for the first time in his life. Animated comedy, with the voices of Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway


2011 HD subtitles 16x9 audio-description
Animated Movie/Drama Comedy Family Movie/Drama

Cast & Crew

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Jesse Eisenberg (Actor) .. Blu
Anne Hathaway (Actor) .. Jewel
Rodrigo Santoro (Actor) .. Tulio
Leslie Mann (Actor) .. Linda
Jamie Foxx (Actor) .. Nico
Will.i.am (Actor) .. Pedro
Jemaine Clement (Actor) .. Nigel
Jake T Austin (Actor) .. Fernando

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Jesse Eisenberg (Actor) .. Blu
Born: October 05, 1983 in Queens, New York
Best Known For: The Social Network and Zombieland.
Early-life: Jesse Adam Eisenberg was born in Queens, New York, on October 5, 1983. His mother is a professional clown and his father ran a hospital before becoming a college professor. Jesse began acting in plays from the age of 10 and his first professional role was in an off-Broadway production of The Gathering. His first TV role came in 1999 with Get Real and he was in his senior year of high school when he landed his first film role, in Roger Dodger (2002).
Career: His big break came in 2009 when he starred alongside Woody Harrelson in the surprise hit Zombieland. In the same year he starred in Adventureland, and twelve months later he played Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, a role which earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. Since then he has lent his voice to Rio (2011) and its 2014 sequel and starred in To Rome With Love (2012), Now You See Me (2013) and The Double (2014).
Quote: 'As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.'
Trivia: Despite playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Eisenberg has no interest in using Facebook.
Anne Hathaway (Actor) .. Jewel
Born: November 12, 1982 in Brooklyn, New York
Best Known For: The Dark Knight Rises and Les Miserables.
Early-life: Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 12, 1982. Her father is a lawyer and her mother is in actress. Anne has two brothers. Her family moved to New Jersey when she was six. She participated in a number of plays at school and went on to study at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie before transferring to New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She also studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and was the first teenager admitted into The Barrow Group Theater Company's acting programme.
Career: At the age of 16, Hathaway was cast in short-lived TV series Get Real. Her big-screen debut came in The Other Side of Heaven. In the same year she beat 500 other girls to land a role alongside Julie Andrews in Disney's The Princess Diaries. The film was a huge success and the family films Nicholas Nickleby, Ella Enchanted and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement followed before she started taking on more mature roles. The first of these was gritty drama Havoc. Since then, Hathaway has starred in a number of box-office hits, including Brokeback Mountain, The Devil Wears Prada, Becoming Jane, Rachel Getting Married, Alice in Wonderland, Love & Other Drugs, The Dark Knight Rises and Les Miserables, a role that secured her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Quote: 'I think that when actors are living very public lives, it affects your ability to get lost in their performances.'
Trivia: Singing soprano, Hathaway performed as a teenager in a school chorus at Carnegie Hall.
Rodrigo Santoro (Actor) .. Tulio
Leslie Mann (Actor) .. Linda
Born: March 26, 1972 in Los Angeles
Best Known For: Knocked Up and This is 40.
Early-life: Leslie was born in Los Angeles on March 26, 1972 and grew up in Newport Beach. She went on to study acting at the Joanne Baron/DW Brown Acting Studio and with the comedy improv troupe The Groundlings. In her late teens, she began appearing in TV commercials.
Career: In 2004, Mann played a nurse in short-lived medical drama Birdland and a year later she was chosen from an open audition of 500 candidates to star in The Cable Guy (1996). Since then she has starred in a number of big-screen comedies, including George of the Jungle (1997), Big Daddy (1999), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), 17 Again (2009) and This Is 40 (2012). A number of her films have been directed by her husband, Judd Apatow. Her recent credits include The Bling Ring (2013), Mr Peabody & Sherman (2014) and The Other Woman (2014).
Quote: 'I don't take anything at face value. I always look for the reasons people are the way they are.'
Trivia: She is a supporter of 826LA, a Los Angles-based organisation dedicated to helping teachers inspire their students to write.
Jamie Foxx (Actor) .. Nico
Born: December 13, 1967 in Terrell, Texas
Best Known For: The films Collateral and Ray.
Early-life: Born Eric Marlon Bishop on December 13, 1967, in Terrell, Texas. His parents' marriage broke up and he was adopted by his grandparents when he was seven months old. He was raised in a strict household, was a member of the church choir and scouts, and had piano lessons from the age of five. He went on to win a classical piano scholarship at the International University in San Diego.
Career: Encouraged by a girlfriend, he made his stage debut as a stand-up comic in 1989. Foxx changed his name to something androgynous after learning that women were first on the bill at open-mic nights in comedy clubs. By 1991 he was a star in the US thanks to TV show In Living Color. His first film was 1992's Toys. Since then he's had his own, self-titled show, and featured in movies The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Any Given Sunday, Ali and Collateral. His leading role in Ray Charles biopic Ray propelled him onto Hollywood's A-list. He's also released several albums, and collaborated with Kanye West on hit single Gold Digger.
Quote: 'When a project becomes magic and special it means that at certain points in the script it parallels your story.'
Trivia: He took his surname from one of his favourite comedians, Redd Foxx, is a big fan of wrestling and won a grand total of 22 awards for his performance in Ray, including an Oscar.
Will.i.am (Actor) .. Pedro
Born: March 15, 1975 in Los Angeles
Best Known For: Being a member of the Black Eyed Peas.
Early-life: Born William James Adams in Los Angeles on March 15, 1975, will.i.am was raised by a single mum who had three biological children and adopted four more. He never met his father. From an early age he had a dream of being a hip-hop artist and he began rapping and performing around Los Angeles with fellow eighth-grader Allan Pineda (aka apl.de.ap). In 1992, the pair signed a recording contract. Along with their friend Dante Santiago, they were known as Atban Klann. Their debut album was never released.
Career: In 1995, Atban Klann changed their name to Black Eyed Pods and then Black Eyed Peas. Dante was replaced by Jaime Gomez (aka Taboo). It was not until the release of their third album, Elephunk, in 2003 that the Peas gained the attention of a wider audience (singer Fergie had joined the group a year earlier). Since then, the Black Eyed Peas have sold more than 56 million records worldwide. Outside of the group, will.i.am has released a number of solo albums. He has also dabbled in acting and made his big-movie debut in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). He has also voiced characters in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) and Rio (2011) and its 2014 sequel. Since 2012, he has been a coach on The Voice UK. He is also a coach on the Australian version.
Quote: 'If my mind's not trying to fix something or create something, I don't know what to do. It just throws me off.'
Trivia: He has added a number of Grammy Awards to his collection since picking up his first in 2005.
Jemaine Clement (Actor) .. Nigel
Jake T Austin (Actor) .. Fernando
Carlos Saldanha (Director)