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Paddington in Peru
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25 Interesting Facts About Paddington in Peru
- #001
In the film's final section, Paddington visits Phoenix Buchanan (Hugh Grant), the villain of Paddington 2 (2017). Just as he introduced his prison friends to the Browns in the previous film, he introduces his tribe to Buchanan.
- #002
In Paddington's attic there is a photograph of himself and Queen Elizabeth II from when they met in the 2022 film Queen Elizabeth and Paddington Bear. The image was first shown as part of the 2022 Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
- #003
Paul King, director of the previous two films, decided not to direct this one, but he came up with the idea for the third film and served as an executive producer.
- #004
Co-writer Simon Farnaby has a small role as a flight attendant on the plane flying from London to Peru. Farnaby also had small roles in the first two films.
- #006
Although the film is titled Paddington in Peru, only the scenes in Cuzco and Machu Picchu were shot there. Most of the tropical landscapes were filmed in Colombia, where the Colombian Film Commission offered tax incentives, film services and access to local talent and crew. As a result, 80% of the shooting outside the UK took place in Colombia and only 20% in Peru. The production also used Black Park near Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire and Berrybush Farm to recreate the bears' home. These choices sparked debate in the Peruvian film industry and among fans of previous Andes films.
- #008
Each of the three films in the series was released in the United States by a different studio. Paddington (2014) was released by The Weinstein Company and Paddington 2 (2017) by Warner Bros. Pictures, and this film was made by Sony Pictures.
- #010
Hugh Bonneville was born in Paddington, London.
- #011
The Reverend Mother, who flies the plane, says the aircraft was bought in 1985 for the pope's visit. Pope John Paul II did indeed visit Peru in February 1985.
- #012
It is Dougal Wilson's directorial debut.
- #013
It is the first Paddington film not to feature Mr. Curry (Peter Capaldi).
- #014
There is a very short post-credits scene.
- #015
The carousel horse in the Browns' house was made by Ian Hunt of Gallopers, UK. Ian Hunt provided set dressing and horses for all three films.
- #017
Olivia Colman and Dame Imelda Staunton both played Queen Elizabeth II in the series The Crown (2016): Colman in seasons 3 and 4, and Staunton in seasons 5 and 6.
- #018
Emily Mortimer, who plays Mrs. Brown, and Ben Whishaw, who voices Paddington, had previously appeared together in Mary Poppins Returns (2018) as the siblings Jane and Michael Banks.
- #019
At one point Paddington floats down a river holding an upturned umbrella, much like another famous British bear, Winnie the Pooh.
- #020
When the Mother Superior rejects the idea that anything suspicious is going on, she claims that the Lord himself works in suspicious ways (actually, as stated, rather than mysterious), and when Mrs. Bird corrects her, she compliments her knowledge of scripture. Given that she is in fact a gold-obsessed treasure hunter posing as a nun, she of course could not know the text by heart.
- #021
This is the first film to feature the 2023 revision of the 1993 Columbia Pictures opening logo after a one-year absence, its first appearance since Anyone But You (2023).
- #022
Ella Bruccoleri, who plays one of the nuns at the Home for Retired Bears, had previously played Sister Francis, a nun like herself, in Call The Midwife.
- #023
Very Beary: Olivia Colman's role immediately before Paddington in Peru was in the series The Bear.
- #024
This is the first Paddington film without the involvement of Harvey or Bob Weinstein.
- #025
Olivia Coleman and Jim Broadbent had previously appeared together in Hot Fuzz (2007).
- #026
Paddington in Peru includes a scene in which Paddington flies while holding his umbrella, an obvious nod to Mary Poppins. Voice actor Ben Whishaw appeared alongside Emily Mortimer in the sequel Mary Poppins Returns (2018).
- #027
The scene in which a stone wall collapses on top of Paddington, who survives by standing within a window frame, is a direct homage to Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill, Jr. (released in 1928).
- #028
Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent and Imelda Staunton all appeared in the Harry Potter film series.
- #029
Antonio Banderas and Olivia Colman voiced roles in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.
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