Why ABOMINABLE Voice Actor Puts “Family Before Everything”
By Tess Farrand, Associate Content Editor
tenzig norgay trainor voices the character of movieguide.org/search/jin">jin in DreamWorks’ new movie movieguide.org/search/Abominable">Abominable. The movie showcases a plethora of movieguide.org/search/family">family values that resonate with Trainor personally because of how his parents raised him.
“movieguide.org/search/family">family means a lot to me. I always put movieguide.org/search/family">family before everything,” said the teenage actor while doing press for his first movieguide.org/search/animated">animated project.
“That’s the way that I was taught and the way I was raised by my parents,” he added.
Trainor shared a touching story about his mother’s devotion to movieguide.org/search/family">family that he got to see firsthand. “I know in my mom’s in my mom’s culture, that movieguide.org/search/family">family means a lot. Because I know specifically [because of] my grandparents on my dad’s side. They went through a rough patch where they were in the hospital and my mom was always [in the hospital].”
Trainor went on about his mother, “My dad was there to sleep, but it’s not even [my mom’s] parents. She made sure that she was always there. She was always taking care of them.”
Humbled by his mother’s example, Trainor concluded the story, “It just it just goes to show, you know how important movieguide.org/search/family">family is to a person even if they’re not directly related.”
Trainor appreciated the process for getting to know his character better, “I was able to just be myself,” he said referring to movieguide.org/search/Abominable">Abominable’s leadership under Jill Culton. “We try to make show that a Chinese movieguide.org/search/family">family is no different than American movieguide.org/search/family">family or any other movieguide.org/search/family">family.”
Younger audiences might recognize Trainor from his days on Disney Channel’s LIV AND MADDIE or JESSIE. Like many of his younger peers, technology holds a huge part of Trainor’s attention and his character’s movieguide.org/search/jin">jin. The actor said, “I’m not scared or afraid to admit that I definitely am addicted to my phone sometimes… I think I got my first phone in third grade.
Nevertheless, Trainor acknowledged that it’s a great change of pace to get outside and connect with nature and others, just like his character has to learn to do in the movie.
Trainor wants his peers to know that, “The importance of movieguide.org/search/family">family, perseverance, and never giv[ing] up,” are key takeaways from movieguide.org/search/Abominable">Abominable.
movieguide.org/search/Abominable">Abominable roars into theaters on September 27, 2019. Make sure to read our full review here.
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