3237. E. B. Rabbit

Russell Brand as E.B. - A rabbit who would rather be a drummer than be the next Easter Bunny. He is the protagonist in the film.

Meet E.B. (voice of Russell Brand). E.B. may be destined to inherit one of the sweetest jobs in the world, but he dreams of being a drummer.

Russell Brand voices E.B. in the movie Hop from Universal Pictures. E.B. is the Easter Bunny's son, but on the eve of his taking over the Easter Bunny position himself, E.B. runs away to Hollywood to follow his dream of becoming a drummer.
E.B. may be a cute and cuddly little guy, but he's not completely innocent. He manipulates his way into the life of an unsuspecting guy named Fred (James Marsden), who takes E.B. in, reluctantly, and ends up helping E.B. find a lot more than he bargained for.
In an interview with a round table of parent bloggers, Russell Brand told us what he thinks of little E.B....

"Well, firstly, he looks crazy. He’s a rabbit and he doesn’t have any trousers or pants on. That’s peculiar. I remember that, myself. And he has an evocative and playful spirit. The rabbit is a symbol in Native American mythology of the trickster often seen as the messenger between gods and man. Like Prometheus in ancient myth, who nicked fire from the gods, rabbits are almost mischievous. They’re always nicking our crops if you're an agricultural type person. They’re playful little things, lovable and sweet. They have little twitchy noses."

Hop is a 2011 Easter-themed live-action and animated comedy film from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, directed by Tim Hill and produced by Chris Meledandri and Michele Imperato Stabile. The film was released on April 1, 2011, in the United States and the United Kingdom. Hop stars the voice of Russell Brand as E.B., a rabbit who does not want to succeed his father, Mr. Bunny (Hugh Laurie), in the role of the Easter Bunny; James Marsden as Fred O'Hare, a human who is out of work and wishes to become the next Easter Bunny himself; and the voice of Hank Azaria as Carlos and Phil, two chicks who plot to take over the Easter organization.