“In a way, voice work is the least stress of all jobs,” Hollander notes. Hollander, most recently seen killing it literally and figurately on “The White Lotus,” is a journeyman actor who has played a wide variety of roles already - from the manager of Queen in “Bohemian Rhapsody” to a clever henchman in “The Night Manager” to multiple nobles in “The King’s Man.” He’s lent his vocal talents to projects before - he can be heard as Tabaqui the jackal in “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” and currently voices Batman’s butler Alfred Pennyworth on the subversive HBO Max cartoon “Harley Quinn.” The actor was charmed by the story and illustrations and the idea of continuing to work in the animated medium as a kind, cake-obsessed mole.

All of their voices worked so well together.” “The boy being the treble, the mole being the alto, Gabriel Byrne being the tenor and the fox being the bass. Mackesy says he wanted the characters to work musically together, like a quartet. Idris Elba lends his voice to the fox, while Gabriel Byrne the horse. The story follows the sweet and unexpected friendship between a lost young boy (voiced by Jude Coward Nicoll) who wanders through the snowy wilderness looking to find a home and learns life lessons while encountering the other titular characters. His voice is so diverse, that was the fascinating thing about it.” Notes Mackesy, “His voice is rich, and has a great range, and can move between comedy and pathos very easily. Mackesy describes Hollander’s voice as a “velvety, rich cake-like sound” and was thrilled the British actor got involved.

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