Gary Basaraba as Hefty Smurf, a strong smurf with a tattoo of a heart. John Oliver as Vanity Smurf, a smurf who is obsessed with his looks. Kenan Thompson as Greedy Smurf, a smurf who loves smurfberries. B. J. Novak as Baker Smurf, a smurf who loves to bake. Joel McCrary as Farmer Smurf, a smurf who is a farmer. Wolfgang Puck as Chef Smurf, a smurf who loves to cook. John Kassir as Crazy Smurf, the alarm for the village and the second Smurf created specifically for the film Tom Kane as Narrator Smurf, a smurf with a deep narrator voice and the third Smurf created specifically for the film. Frank Welker as Azrael, Gargamel's cat. Welker provided the voice of Hefty Smurf and other characters in the 1980s cartoon series. Four orange tabby cats played the role of Azrael with some scenes being created with CGI by Tippett Studio. Animal trainer Larry Madrid had a "rare Burma cat" that was used to educe snarls from the other cats since they did not like him. Production Development In 1997, producer Jordan Kerner sent the first "of a series of letters" to The Smurfs licensing agent Lafig Belgium expressing interest in making a feature film. It was not until 2002 after a draft of Kerner's film adaptation of Charlotte's Web was read by Peyo's heirs, that they accepted Kerner's offer. Peyo's daughter Véronique Culliford and family had wanted to make a Smurfs film for years and said that Kerner was the first person to pitch a film that shared their "vision and enthusiasm". Kerner soon began developing the 3-D CGI feature film with Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. In 2006, Kerner said the film was planned to be a trilogy and would explain more of Gargamel's backstory. He stated, "We'll learn [more] about Gargamel and Smurf Soup and how all that began and what really goes on in that castle. What his backstory really was. There's an all-powerful wizard... there's all sorts of things that get revealed as we go along". Early animation footage was leaked on the internet in early 2008. The filmmakers were allowed to create three new Smurfs for the film – Narrator, Crazy, and Gutsy. In June 2008, it was announced that Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation obtained the film rights from Lafig Belgium. Kerner said the current project started with Sony during a conversation