“Paddington in Peru” is here.
The third installment of the character based on the character Paddington Bear and created by Michael Bond is in theaters now. This time, the Lovable bear (with the voice of Ben Whishaw) and his family, led by Hugh Bonneville and Emily Mortimer (who takes care of Sally Hawkins) travels deeply in the jungles of Peru. That is where they defend themselves from the duplicate nuns and a captain of river boats with secrets (touched deliciously by Antonio Banderas).
Thewrap spoke with Bonneville and Mortimer about how period embark on the last adventure into the beloved franchise, whether Mortimer was a fan of the series before registering and if Bonneville thought, while making the first film, which would still be here all these years later .
When we asked that Mortimer joined the franchise, Bonneville joked: “Well, there are certain things you can and you can’t face the bear. I had to talk to Emily, you know, he doesn’t like to look him in the eye before lunchtime. When he has had his second bottle, things can get a bit unstable. ”
Actually, Bonneville said: “It was a perfect transition and we continue with her.”
For Mortimer, just as friction. “It was very easy. It was very strangely easy. It was good from the beginning, just because these are a very pleasant group of people and very cozy and sweet, ”said Mortimer. “He simply felt well. And I think it helped that several years had passed since you had the last one. Children were actually a kind of different people. ”
“I think so, both had beards,” Bonneville joked. The actor said that when the films began, Samuel Joslin, who plays Jonathan, was 11 years old. And when they were working on “Paddington in Peru”, “it took me to a pub.”
“We have been doing this for quite some time, some of us, so it is a very acquaINted atmosphere,” said Bonneville.
Mortimer said that good journal because in the previous movies they were children, so they always removed chaperones, parents and guardians. Children’s actors are somewhat cordoned off from adult artists because of this. “But this time, they really were completely part of that, and I think he felt very different for them. In a way, that was a lot of fun. We all became very good friends very fast, ”said Mortimer.
When asked if he had been a franchise fan before joining “Paddington in Peru,” Mortimer made fun of. “You really can’t be English and not love those movies and not make Paddington part of your DNA,” said Mortimer. “That is what we all grew up being read and reading when we were little. It feels a lot of part of the national identity. ” For the queen and the country (and Paddington) then.
Three films, and Bonneville said he is still delighted to be part of the franchise. “It’s a small lovely world to live from time to time and I think each film has adopted Paddington’s spirit so magnificently,” said Bonneville. Paul King directed the first two films, and now Dougal Wilson takes the reins.
Even so, Bonneville never thought that the first film would generate a complete franchise.
“I remember thinking, This looks good. I love the script. And I thought Paul was touched with genius. But when you are doing a project, you don’t know what it will be like, particularly because the main character did not appear most of the time, ”Bonneville recalled. The cast had seen representations of how Paddington would look, “but they were only two -dimensional images.”
Bonneville said that when Paddington’s first photos were published, they instantly became memes, “because it seemed quite sinister, because it was literally inanimate.” People were putting it on horror movies: “I was behind the shower curtain in ‘Psycho’ and under a street lamp for ‘The Exorcist’. I was everywhere. “
At that time, there were even concerns that it was going to be “a garbage parody or a bad service to Michael Bond’s books.” You could also say that the concern came to Bonneville, until King showed him something.
“When Paul King showed me some images of the animated bear that placed his head through the bathroom, I remember that the texture, quality and quality impress me absolutely vitality of everything and the three -dimensionality of everything. And I really thought We are standing much richer than I never realized“Bonneville said. The animation, in Explicit, has improved more and more, “and you can read so much emotion in what the bear is feeling and thinking.
“I am incredibly proud that we are in number three here, which I think is visually the richest lot,” said Bonneville.
You can see “Paddington in Peru” only in theaters at this time.
