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Live-action animated adventure comedy film Paddington in Peru is out now in theatres.
The film series, which is based on the stories by Michael Bond, takes viewers along on Paddington Brown’s journey.
It starts with the spectacled bear being adopted by the Brown family who find him at Paddington railway station in London sitting on his suitcase with a note attached to his coat that reads ‘Please look after this bear. Thank you’.
The latest instalment in the series follows the beloved bear’s adventure as he heads to the wilds of Peru, home of the spectacled bear species, alongside the Brown family looking for Aunt Lucy, who has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears.
The gentle beast has become a popular and well-loved figure that is especially celebrated in the UK due to his friendly, charismatic and polite nature, and how he innocently finds himself in trouble.
He is also known for his old hat, battered suitcase, duffel coat and love for marmalade sandwiches, which Paddington’s voice actor Ben Whishaw dislikes.
“Sadly, I don’t like marmalade. It really doesn’t agree with me at all,” Ben revealed in an interview, adding that when the audience see Paddington eating on screen, the munching sound is coming from the actor eating bread or fruit.
Director Dougal Wilson revealed that he was ‘terrified’ of carrying on the series from Paul King, who directed the previous movies.
“I was approached by Rosie Alison (producer) and StudioCanal (production company) because they were interested in doing a third instalment of Paddington, but Paul King, who so brilliantly did the first two, wasn’t available because he was off doing Wonka (2023).
“They needed someone new and they looked around, and for some reason thought I might be suitable. I thought, that’s terrifying. Why on Earth would I want to attempt to make the most difficult instalment of something so brilliant? I’ll inevitably mess it up. But I also thought, well, if I don’t try, I’ll probably regret it,” he added.
The first two films were well-received by critics and audiences alike. The children’s literature fictional character first appeared in 1958 in author Michael’s book A Bear Called Paddington.
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