Paddington Bear Movie Will Star Nicole Kidman And A Surprise Appearance From Michael Bond
Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond is giving a cameo role in the movie that is being adapted on his famous character. The movie will also star Hugh Bonneville and Nicole Kidman. Voice of Peruvian bear will be given by Ben Whishaw.
The news of his special role is being revealed by the 88-year-old author himself in a BBC Radio 4's Front Row show. The movie is almost ready and will release on November 28. It is one of the most anticipated children's movies that is releasing ahead of Christmas vacations.
Bond is much excited about his cameo role as he explains his scenes in detail. It is a night time scene where Bond will be seen sitting alone by the window of a London restaurant when Paddington goes past sitting in a taxi. Their eyes met and Bond raises a glass to him.
Bond is a British author who is most popular for his Paddington Bear series of books. Paddington Bear is popular worldwide with almost 35 million books sold in over forty languages. The book has inspired a whole generation in the form of bands, plays, merchandise and a TV series as well, told by BBC.
His 26th book in this series of Love From Paddington has just been released and is been appreciated everywhere. It is a series of letter written to his aunt Lucy detailing his adventure in London. For the first time, Bond has written in a way that the bear is narrating the story.
"Paddington is very real to me so it was easy to find his voice," told the author to BBC. Bond was a BBC cameraman in 1956 when he bought a small toy bear left alone on a shelf for his beloved wife. This humble toy inspired him to write eight stories in just a week and published his first book within two years by the name of A Bear Called Paddington.
Paddington Bear is coming to big screen for the first time. The movie is produced by David Heyman, directed by Paul King and has a dedicated same team for special effects that has created magic in Gravity and Harry Potter. Watch the official teaser below: