“But what I want to say to the fans of Ninjago is that I am honored to be a part of the show. You know, playing Morro was a joy, it was super fun, playing all the little fun bad qualities, the bad guy-ish qualities that Morro had, and Beta Jay, you know, the different characters throughout the seasons. But I want to tell the fans that I am going to do the best that I can to be the best Cole that I, Andrew Francis, can be.”
— Francis in an interview with Brent Miller[1]
Andrew Michael Scott Francis (born May 27, 1985) is a Canadian voice actor who provided the voices for Shade, Morro, the Magician in Episode 45, the Ship Captain in Episode 54, Benny, Beta Jay 137, and Cole from Season 15 onwards[2] in Ninjago.
Trivia
- He, along with Scott McNeil, Kathleen Barr, Trevor Devall, Lee Tockar, and Michael Dobson, appeared in LEGO's Bionicle: Mask of Light.
- Aside from Ninjago, he is also known for his roles as Gil Nexdor (Johnny Test), Shining Armor and Night Light (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Max McGrath, Toxzon, Fishy, Fire Elementor, Air Elementor, Plaztek, and Torbolt the Terrible (Max Steel), Lance (Voltron Force), Patrick Pachycephalosaurus (Dinosaur Train), Bobby Green/Ace (PowerPuff Girls Z), Jaller (Bionicle: Mask of Light), Vert Wheeler (Hot Wheels: World Race/Acceleracers), Kajet (Terrain of Magical Expertise), Ty Rux (Dinotrux), Lin Chung (Hero 108), Iceman (X-Men Evolution), Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Iron Man Armored Adventures), Scorpio (Devils King), and Kord Zane (Slugterra).
- He is one of eight voice actors to work on Johnny Test before working on Ninjago, the other seven were Trevor Devall, Richard Newman, Scott McNeil, Marÿke Hendrikse, Kathleen Barr, Ian James Corlett, and Lee Tockar.
- In his first interview with Brent Miller, Andrew Francis provided some backstory for his role-playing Morro, as well as other characters.[citation needed]
- Andrew Francis provides the voice for three Elemental Masters, these being Shade, Morro, and Cole.
- For some reason, he was credited as voicing "Lloyd Older" in "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" instead of Jillian Michaels. This is especially strange due to the fact that Francis would not voice a character in the show until Season 4, which aired over two years later.
- He, along with Adrian Petriw, Vincent Tong, Mackenzie Gray, Michael Adamthwaite, Ashleigh Ball, Michael Daingerfield, Michael Dobson, Brian Drummond, Dean Redman, Michael Kopsa, Richard Newman, Mark Oliver, Tabitha St. Germain, and Lee Tockar voiced characters in Iron Man: Armor Adventures.
- He is the second voice actor to be recast as a member of the ninja; the first voice actor to do this was Sam Vincent.
- Francis studied "Cole-isms", referring to what Kirby Morrow would have delivered to make the character of Cole, to prepare himself for the role. He also stated that his voice as Cole would be "different, but still Ninjago".[1]
- According to Tommy Andreasen, Francis will most likely also step in to voice Kirby Morrow's other characters, such as Lou, Mr. Pale, and Underhill, if they have speaking roles in Season 15 onward.[3]
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