Trivia / Despicable Me 3

• Acting for Two:
  • Steve Carell voices both Gru and Dru.
  • Steve Coogan as the voices of Silas Ramsbottom and Fritz.
  • Along with voicing all the minions, as in the previous films, director Pierre Coffin also voices the French museum director that Bratt steals the diamond from.
• Ascended Fanon: Lucy calls her and Gru "Team Grucy" — the only couple name by the fans of the two protagonists.
• Celebrity Voice Actor:
  • In the Japanese dub, Balthazar Bratt is voiced by Kenichi Matsuyama, aka L Lawliet in the live-action films.
  • In the Brazilian dub, both Leandro Hassum and Maria Clara Gueiros reprise their roles as Gru and Lucy from the previous movie (with Hassum also dubbing Dru), and singer Evandro Mesquita voices Balthazar Bratt.
• Children Voicing Children: Nev Scharrel as Agnes.
• Creator Backlash: While director Pierre Coffin has not outright disowned the film, he found the creative process more difficult than on the first two films, and felt that the finished film could have been better.
• Dawson Casting:
  • Miranda Cosgrove as Margo.
  • Dana Gaier as Edith.
• Deleted Scene:
  • Right after Gru and his family saved Hollywood from Balthazar Bratt, as a thank you, they make a movie about Gru's life with all kind of meta and self aware jokes. You can watch the storyboards right here.
  • After the Minions quit, Gru spends alone in the lab, sadden for the fact that they left and that he failed them to accept going back to villainy. Storyboards can be seen here.
• Executive Meddling: According to Pierre Coffin, it was one of the producers at Illumination that wanted the film to revolve around Gru meeting his long-lost twin, and the filmmakers struggled to find a good story from the premise they were made to work with.
• Missing Trailer Scene:
  • Marlena tapping on one of her muscular trainer's butt (the blonde one), even after the music is over, with Gru being disgusted.
  • Lucy walking in on Gru and Dru in their suits while they are examining a gun and her pointedly asking if they're villains now, with Gru screaming, trying to hide the gun behind Dru's back, and trying to smooth it over by calling her "sweetie;" Dru then mutters "Busted."
• The Other Darrin: Agnes is voiced by Nev Scharrel instead of Elsie Fisher since the latter's voice matured.
• Playing Against Type: Let's just say that Trey Parker is one of the last people you'd expect to voice a character in a family movie. It's also his first role since BASEketball in a project that he, himself, did not conceive. Trey Parker even said in an interview he was flattered they thought of him for the role, since it's the first time anyone has asked him to be in this sort of film.
• Playing Their Own Twin: Steve Carell as Gru and Dru.
• Real-Life Relative: In the European French dub, the brothers are not played by the same actor but by Gad Elmaleh (reprising the role of Gru) and his brother Arié Elmaleh as Dru.
• Same Voice Their Entire Life: Trey Parker voices Bratt as a grown man in the main narrative, and also voices him as a child and teenager during the 80s flashbacks.
• So My Kids Can Watch: Trey Parker accepted the role because there wasn't anything he had done which he could show to his then-year-and-a-half-old daughter.
• What Could Have Been: Shares the Dispicable page.
• Word of God:
  • Lucy kept her maiden name after marrying Gru.
  • Lucy was old enough to be on her own when her parents died.

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