15. To film the scenes between the actors and the CGI-rendered Scooby, the producers either lined up shots with giant stuffed animals or, in the case of Lillard holding the dog, used a giant stuffed animal bag.
“What you really see is that Matthew is just a wonderfully aware actor who always feels that Scooby is there,” Gosnell said. “Matthew made him more realistic than anything else we could have done. He made it so easy for the animators to put Scooby there.”
16. Neil Fanning was originally hired to do Scooby’s vocals during rehearsals, but Gosnell revealed that “he worked so well that he ended up doing the voice for the finished film.”
17. “One of the more controversial decisions was making Scrappy the villain,” Gosnell explained as a fan of the original series. “Scrappy ruined the series. The moment Scrappy showed up, it seemed like we were out. So it was just a brainstorm between James and I, trying to find the final twist. When we had just finished the session, we were like, ‘Damn, King Scrappy! That’s right!” he explained.
18. Regarding the passionate reaction from some fans to Scrappy’s evil turn, Gosnell said, “I think that was part of the controversy because I know younger people than us really like Scrappy. Like, ‘Hmm, why did they do that to Scrappy?!'” But it was just the character itself. This development was widely debated as to which era of Scooby we were looking at. But we were mostly praised because so many people hated Scrappy. ”
