j.j. simmons sits down with its showing off his animated side coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a friday morning. it's january the 8th, 2016. great crowd on our plaza. very excited to give some of our viewers who are spending an incredible football stories a trip to super bowl 50. >> so deserving. so glad they all get to go. >> i'm willie along with natalie and al. tamron off on her way to the globes. >> none of us. >> producer's choice. >> let's back up a second. tamron already left to go to the golden globes. >> she's preparing to do an interview, she's being -- she's very busy. >> very good. >> we all -- we all procrastinate. >> roker move, build in some extra time around the event. >> extra time is one thing. >> can have a nice dinner tonight. good for her. >> good for her. >> massage. >> good for her. we'll see her out there tomorrow. the golden globes are this sundayay as you know, and they will be hosted by the hilarious cu

j.j. simmons was in the middle of a world tour where he was collecting trophies including an oscar for his role as a music teacher. >> and he's playing a different kind of villean, an animated yak with a centuries old ax to grind in "kung fu panda 3." take a look. >> i have returned. >> who? >> kai, general kai, supreme warlord of all china. >> the jade slayer. master of pain. >> eh. >> okay. i used to work with ugway. >> a mast every warrior. >> clearly a well-known villain. >> he's pretty good. >> j.k. simmons, good morning. >> good morning. and seeing you in animation, but once again you play a villean. what's the deal? you're such a nice guy. >> i do. well, you know, that's part of the fun of doing what i do. get to mix it up. good guys, bad guys. >> yeah. >> a little bit of everything. >> bulls, yaks. >> you play a good yak, as i must say. al roker and i have -- i'm going to call it starring roles in this film. >> oh, please. >> yeah. yeah. >> you've gone on and on and how they killed it. >> we may not be in the move, but we're stars of the film. what do you like about doing the anima

j.j. simmons sits down with its showing off his animated side coming up now. announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a friday morning.