Overview
- Universal asked Argentine director Andy Muschietti to record the Latin American Spanish voice of Max, a 1920s film director originally played by Christoph Waltz.
- Muschietti says he was given creative freedom to add an Argentine lunfardo and tango-inflected tone and to suggest wording changes so lines felt authentic for regional audiences.
- He followed the original performance by Christoph Waltz because the animation was built around that acting, then added local vocal color as a third layer of interpretation.
- At the same time Muschietti is writing scripts for Welcome to Derry season 2, which he says is set 27 years before season 1 during the Depression and remains under active development with Stephen King involved.
- The casting highlights a trend in Latin America where high-profile regional figures are used to localize global franchises, boosting cultural resonance and giving filmmakers new cross-genre opportunities.