From Heffalump to Wilbur the Pig
meet Dominic Scott Kay of Charoltte's Web

FAITH talked to Dominic Scott Kay, who is the voice of Wilbur in the movie, Charlotte’s Web, in theaters now.

Tell us about Charlotte’s Web. It will be really great and so much fun. It’s such an amazing movie.

You’ve done a lot of voice-overs, haven’t you? I’ve done voice-overs for Charlotte’s Web and I did a British accent to be the heffalump in The Heffalump Movie. I also did voice-overs in The Wild and Air Buddies and A Few Good Ghosts.

How is doing a voice-over different from screen acting? I love them both equally. When you’re doing a voice-over you get to read it, sometimes it’s a bit more animated – it’s not on camera, so you’re doing more takes and asking more questions of the director because you get the chance to. But I love them both – acting is great.

You are involved in saving greyhounds, aren’t you? I was a spokesperson for Greyhound Rescue. They take them off the track and people adopt them. Because after greyhounds can’t race, the owners kill them.

How did you get involved in that? Our family has always rescued animals. My dad plays drums with the Commodores – and one time,we were driving to Las Vegas for a concert. In Napa Valley, we saw a dog lying in a puddle of blood on the side of the road. Everybody thought he was dead and was driving past him. We turned around and stopped. It was a white boxer – my mom laid her hand on him and he flinched, so we took him to the Napa Valley Animal Hospital. We think he was thrown out of a moving car. He had a fractured leg, was in a coma, and they didn’t expect him to live more than an hour. We took him home and he started getting better. We had about 16 animals at the time, so we had to find another home for him. We were interviewing people at the Country Mart – and there was a group of firemen at the food stand, so we asked them, and they adopted him for the Malibu fire department. And now, he is like nothing ever happened to him.

And you’re friends with Kevin Bacon, right? I did a movie called Loverboy when I was 7 and Kevin directed it. I co-starred with Kyra Sedgwick and I’ve been in touch with them since. I directed him in a movie called Saving Angelo, about the dog we rescued. I shot it on 35 mm and Kevin came out and played a fireman.

Had you ever read Charlotte’s Web before doing the movie? I happened to be reading the book when I found out I was going to audition. It was my first big book. I loved it. I cried.

You must have been excited. It was so cool, because it is such a great movie. The animation is amazing – they used real animals and moved their mouths digitally. It brings everything to life!

Who plays Charlotte? Julia Roberts is Charlotte. And Robert Redford, Steve Buscemi, Dakota Fanning, and Oprah Winfrey are in it.

Does your faith play an important part in your life? God is the biggest thing in my life. He’s everything to me – he’s always been everything. He is what brings us together.