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TheAtomicLight wrote: I think Lillard gave a lot of heart to the role. While Palatas was more realistic in the first. He was okay and funny in the second one, but the film as a whole was a complete mess in an attempt to just have a cartoon film in live-action form, which is all well and good, but not when you throw in the romance and everything. It misses the whole point. Also, the all the depth and realness of the first one was dropped. True, Lillard gave a lot of heart to the role; But I feel like Nick was able to do that as well and to the next level. You could tell that Lillard was giving his all, but there weren't a lot of times where I felt I could connect with the character. For me, that's something I look for in an actor. The ability to put the audience in the character's shoes.

I think the romance in the film allowed Nick to showcase more of a wide range as an actor. When I think of "romantic roles" I think of the typical Cassanova, usually a dashing hero. Shaggy is obviously not that. I think Nick did a good job of putting a "Shaggy spin" on the scenario. Instead of being a dashing hero, he was more goofy and didn't know how to act in the romantic situations. In some regards, this is more human than the stereotypical romantic role. It's one thing to play a character well, it's another thing to put them in an abnormal scenario and still make them relatable and human.