Neil Patrick Harris Voices The Flash

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Last week, Warner Premiere released Justice League: The New Frontier, their second straight-to-DVD, PG-13 animated film from the DC Universe; and today, they sent us some great info on one of the film's voice actors, the much beloved Neil Patrick Harris, voice of The Flash.

Harris is a fan-favorite to the online community, and his involvement in this feature, based on the landmark DC Comics graphic novel by Darwyn Cooke, brings even more credibility to an already-fantastic production package. The film, produced by Bruce Timm of Batman: The Animated Series fame explores the action-packed origins of the Justice League. In addition to Harris, the all-star voice cast includes Kyle MacLachlan (Superman), David Boreanaz (Green Lantern), Lucy Lawless (Wonder Woman), Brooke Shields (Carol Ferris), Kyra Sedgwick (Lois Lane), Jeremy Sisto (Batman), Miguel Ferrer (Martian Manhunter), and Phil Morris (King Faraday).

Harris offered some of his thoughts on working on the critically-acclaimed animated feature.

“To voice a super hero is phenomenal. ...I could’ve been the sixth-super-hero-on-the-right and I’d have been happy, but Flash actually gets to help save the day, so this is great. ...This medium isn’t entirely technical – they hire you because they like the flavor and color you provide to the pallet,"

"I find recording the script is very inflection based, so you have to sort of leave your individuality and ego at the door and do what they tell you to do. You do a great grunt that’s supposed to start with an “o” and you say 'raaaar' and they say ‘yes, but you started with an “r” so do it this way.’ It’s very interesting because you have to be very specific to whatever the script calls for. ...In animation, we record the voices much earlier then they animate the characters, so they have to be very specific in their direction – and then when you come back for pick-ups, they’ve already animated the characters and there’s no room for interpretation. You do a two-second 'ugh' or a four-second 'ugh', depending on how the character has already been animated.”

“For me, the most exciting part of being a voice in an animated character in anything is that the lag time is so long that by the time you see it, you’re an audience member like everybody else, ...When I finally get to see the animation, I barely remember what the lines were – which is great because not only do I get to be in it, but I get the fan perspective on it, too."

A self-admitted comic book fan, Harris spends time perusing his local stores in search for his own favorite titles. “I like the impressive art designs of comics,” Harris said. “I’m not so keen on outer worlds and strange proper nouns, but I like Alex Ross and some of the artists like that, so I find myself at the comics store every three or four months doing some shopping." Catch more of Neil Patrick Harris on the hit TV show, How I Met Your Mother and the Harold and Kumar films and be sure to catch Justice League; The New Frontier on DVD.