Amy Irving was cast to sing ' Why Don't You Do Right?' (a blues song made famous by Peggy Lee) for Jessica's first scene in the movie. She is one of several suspects in the framing of her husband, who is a famous cartoon star accused of murder. She is re-imagined in the film as a sultry, but moral, cartoon singer at a Los Angeles supper club called The Ink and Paint Club. In the novel, Jessica was an immoral, up-and-coming star, and former comic character with whom her estranged husband (comic strip star Roger Rabbit) became obsessed. In a 2017 interview, Turner, who went uncredited, stated that she accepted the role because she was pregnant and 'just had to show up and do her voice.' Character synopsis When Zemeckis was hired, he brought along Kathleen Turner to voice Jessica, whom he had worked with in Romancing the Stone.

Taylor would go on to provide the voice in test footage from 1981. Richard Williams explained, 'I tried to make her like Rita Hayworth we took her hair from Veronica Lake, and Zemeckis kept saying, 'What about the look Lauren Bacall had?'' He described that combination as an 'ultimate male fantasy, drawn by a cartoonist.' Before Robert Zemeckis was brought on board as director, Jessica had a different design, and was to be voiced by Russi Taylor. The film version of the character was inspired by various actresses. Wolf based Jessica primarily on the cartoon character Red from Tex Avery's Red Hot Riding Hood. She is also well-known for the line: 'I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.'Īuthor Gary K. Jessica is renowned as one of the best-known sex symbols in animation. She is depicted as Roger's human toon wife in various Roger Rabbit media. Jessica Rabbit is a fictional character in the novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? and its film adaptation, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Lisa Rohr Sterbakov (2009 Robot Chicken) Īctress and performer at The Ink and Paint Club.Marnie Mosiman (1991−1994 Hare Raising Havoc, Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin).Tress MacNeille (1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit Read-Along Storybook).Russi Taylor (1983 original test footage).Kathleen Turner (1988−1993 speaking voice) (uncredited in film).

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