Helen Mirren voices the character Dean Hardscrabble
Helen Mirren says she was both 'honoured' and 'exhilarated' to lend her voice to Monsters University.
The Oscar winning actress is one of the new names added to the cast list and she will voice the character of Dean Hardscrabble at the university.
The new film is a prequel to the 2001 and follows Mike and Sulley's university days.
"As a great fan of all things Pixar, I was honoured and exhilarated to be asked to appear in 'Monsters University.' What a liberation! As an actor, you have two important tools to your trade: your voice and your body.
It has been easy over the years to find good roles for my voice, but it has not been so easy to squash my many legs and my wings into the various costumes I have been forced to uncomfortably wear, disguising my true form.
Finally I can make good use of both voice and body in a role that seems tailor-made for me - one could say monster-made.
At last, the audience can experience the real Helen Mirren. Thank you Disney/Pixar and [director] Dan Scanlon."
John Goodman and Billy Crystal are back as Sulley and Mike while Steve Buscemi is also back.
2013 is set to be a busy year for Mirren as we have already seen her in Hitchcock and she will be back in Red 2 this summer.
Monsters University is released 12th July.
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