Eduardo Kuno Becker Paz, better known as Kuno Becker, is a Mexican actor who provides the voice of Lightning McQueen in the Cars films.
Trivia[]
- In a 2021 interview, Sergio Gutiérrez Coto mentioned that he was originally going to voice Lightning McQueen in the first movie and that he was chosen by Raúl Aldana when he worked for Disney. However, the client wanted a star and brought in Kuno Becker for the final result. [1]
- Kuno Becker recorded the second movie at Igloo Music Studios in Burbank, California.
- The series Cars: Adventures on the Road premiered on Sergio Gutiérrez Coto's 54th birthday.
- Likewise, Kuno Becker wished Sergio a happy birthday while streaming on Twitch.
- Although Kuno Becker only voiced Lightning McQueen in the film trilogy and his work was reused in the Super Speedy Wheels series, at the request of his fans he said "Mater, that never happened," an iconic line from the 1995 short series "Cars Toons: Mater's Nonsense." [2]
- Although two Star Talents reprised their roles for the short "Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool," Kuno Becker did not return as Lightning McQueen, with Sergio once again providing the voice. Gutiérrez Coto is the character's regular voice outside of the films.
- In the original version, Owen Wilson also did not reprise his role, being replaced by Keith Ferguson, who has been his alternate voice since Cars Toons: Mater's Adventures.
- Although neither Kuno Becker nor César Bono reprised their roles as Lightning McQueen or Mater in Cars: Adventures on the Road for various reasons, they reunited almost two months after the series premiered (November 6, 2022) on the Twitch platform (Kuno Becker interviewing César Bono). This was at the request of many fans who wanted to see them together again after five years since the release of Cars 3. Although the reunion had little to do with the franchise beyond a brief mention of the characters, the interview was re-uploaded three days later on Kuno's YouTube channel. [3]
- The WatchMojo Español channel listed Kuno Becker in the Top 20 Mexican celebrities who have done voice acting, ranking him 17th. [4]
- Also, with the recycling of audio, Super Speedy Wheels was the first and only time Kuno Becker "reprised" the role of Lightning McQueen in a project outside of the films, as he had previously always been replaced by Sergio Gutiérrez Coto.
- Although Kuno Becker reprised his role as Lightning McQueen for this film, his voice is different from the previous movies. This is because Kuno was struggling with drug addiction during those years, which resulted in a raspy voice during recording and also during interviews [1] to promote the film. However, this raspy voice coincidentally matched the film's plot, as it depicted an older Lightning McQueen.