“You may be wondering about our Disney Animation good luck charm,” producer Osnat Shurer told us during a Raya and the Last Dragon press event in January.
The star of Firefly, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, A Knight’s Tale, and many other films and TV shows makes for a surprising choice as the voice behind a creature that seems destined to sell a lot of stuffed animals, but there’s a very good reason for this: Tudyk’s become Walt Disney Animation Studios’ proverbial rabbit’s foot over the past nine years. Yes that’s right, Tuk Tuk is voiced by a real person, and those vocals belong to one of fan culture’s most beloved actors: Alan Tudyk. It’s a nifty design, but what might surprise a lot of folks is the voice beneath the hard shell and cuddly countenance. And with his nifty hard shell acting as a giant unicycle upon which our heroine Raya gets around desert wastelands, we are sure kids are already wishing they could have a Tuk Tuk of their own. Technically a fantasy creature who is half-armadillo and half-pug, this hybrid beastie embodies pure fairy tale fun in Walt Disney Animation Studios‘ latest adventure. It's not an "I, Raya" thing, or even a "Raya and Sisu" thing - it's about all of Kumandra working together as a big "we"to save the world.Outside of the dragon Sisu, Tuk Tuk might be the most adorable thing in Raya and the Last Dragon. That certainly fits the theme of the film: The five lands need to start trusting each other to fight the Druun and bring back their countrymen who've been turned to stone. If we examine her name in the context of other languages, we find even more meaning: For example, "noi" means "we" in Italian. Noi has a name with obvious meaning, as "noi" means "little" or "small" in Thai. Sisu's inner strength enables her to carry out her siblings' wishes, despite her insecurities. Despite this, when the Druun attack, Sisu's older brother Pengu chooses her to wield the magical Dragon Gem.
However, in Finnish, Sisu means "strength of will." Throughout the film, we see that Sisu feels weak compared to her brothers and sisters. Sisu, short for Sisudatu, doesn't seem to be a one-to-one translation from a particular language. Two of the film's more interesting names are those of Sisu the dragon and Noi the con baby.
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