WILL ARNETT

The Arrested Development star, 48, takes a bite out of crime in the family comedy

Show Dogs (May 18). He plays Frank, a detective who partners with a Rottweiler police dog named Max (voiced by rapper/ actor Ludacris). They go undercover at a Las Vegas dog show to take down a ring of endangered-animal smugglers.

Show Dogs is a comedy, but it also has a

message. There’s an idea of acceptance. Max and I come together like, “Man, what are we doing?” We go for it, let our guard down and all of a sudden, the world opens up to us.

What was it like to work with all

those dogs? I’m an animal lover and a dog person. So for me every day was pretty fantastic. Dogs are rarely in bad moods and always show up on time. I got quite attached to a lot of my co-stars.

You’re the voice of BoJack Horseman and Lego Batman, but do you see Arrested

Development as your legacy? I don’t believe in legacy stuff. It’s a role and something that I’m really proud to be a part of. I love working on Arrested Development. Every time we go back—it sounds super corny—but it’s like going home. I’m really lucky that I get to work on

BoJack Horseman one day, Arrested Development the next, then Flaked and Lego Batman. And the animated Teen Titans Go! to the Movies is coming this summer. Constantly trying different things and shifting into different gears is a luxury I’ve got at this stage.