There’s a reason why the majority of movies you see featuring mostly animal characters tend to be animated. Cute as the creatures may be on screen, their performances are notoriously challenging to evoke/control. Strays, however, is a new comedy that is wholly dependent on the work of canine actors, and even the film’s director is amazed by how much the dogs could really do and how little CGI was ultimately needed.
As captured in the video above, I had the pleasure of interviewing Strays director Josh Greenbaum earlier this week during the movie’s virtual press day, and we discussed both the limitations of animal performers and the amazing things that they can do. An important part of the production was determining what was safe for the dogs to do on screen, and he was impressed by how little needed to be fixed in the post-production process. Said the filmmaker,
