Seth Green inspired by Danny DeVito for Howard the Duck voice

Seth Green based his Howard the Duck voice on Danny DeVito.

The ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ star – who first played the character in a post credits scene for the 2014 Marvel blockbuster and later appeared in the ‘Guardians’ animated series and ‘Ultimate Spider-Man’ – has reprised the role for this week’s episode of ‘Marvel’s What If…’, and he’s explained the genesis of his take on the character.

He told Collider: “We had talked about something that felt like Danny DeVito, and I did it… if you listen to the very first one, it’s even more like Harvey Fierstein kind of Jew-y. He’s got a lot of like this thing.

“And then the more that we did it, James [Gunn] was like, ‘Less of an accent and just more like a guy who’s got a gruff voice.’

“Like Danny DeVito in ‘Other People’s Money’, as opposed to Danny DeVito in… ‘War of the Roses.’ “

When DeVito’s role in ‘Batman Returns’ was mentioned by the publication, Green immediately praise his performance as The Penguin.

He added: “What a masterwork. If ever there was a role to aspire to, it’s his Oswald Cobblepot.”

Meanwhile, the 47-year-old actor admitted getting cast in the role wasn’t something he’d chatted to director James Gunn about before being offered the part.

He said: “Gunn and I have pretty similar tastes in movies, especially the weirder, more fringe or even grind-house kind of movies, but I don’t think we’d ever had a conversation about Howard specifically.

“I know they’d already done the CG, and so, they needed somebody to loop the line, but I think he just … Who knows? Who knows?

“I’ve never asked him why. You don’t look a gift horse in the mouth and say, ‘I don’t know about these teeth here.’ “

This article originally ran on celebretainment.com.