Summary
Few animated characters are as iconic as the inventor human-dog duo,Wallace and Gromit.
Fans will delight in the small and big references to the past from returning characters to subtle gags.
Just when you think you might’t beat the last one, you come back.
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I think this really is a reward for the lifelong fans who’ve been there from the start.
Was that something intentional?
Did you want this to feel accumulative of the journey of Wallace and Gromit so far?
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NICK PARK: I think that’s a good way of putting it, actually.
Very, very much so.
It’s very nice to wrap that texture and that depth into the story with the characters.
Why now, and why this project to make it more connected to a past film?
One of them, the first stage, was back aroundCurse of the Were-Rabbit.
There’s lots in there.
And that was like a 30-minute film, actually, at the time.
CROSSINGHAM: It was a short film.
PARK: Then later on, we started reviving the idea and it seemed to have potential.
CROSSINGHAM: It was very late-breaking, actually.
The whole film kind of expanded from there.
So, it wasn’t an intention from the beginning for Feathers to feature there.
It suddenly had the legs.
CROSSINGHAM: It needed it.
PARK: I think it’s the mystery.
You put your finger on it.
It’s kind of the mystery, isnt it?
And the unknown not giving much away.
CROSSINGHAM: You always think he’s thinking something.
A lot of movie villains and baddies have a sort of a stillness.
If someone is running away from them, they never run after them.
Feathers is just like that.
PARK: Gives him a screen presence, doesnt it?
With the right music and the right little move-in on the camera or whatever.
So, for us, it’s just kind of having that confidence that he can hold the screen.
PARK: This is his scale here.
Hes literally that high.
He’s so tiny!
He feels larger than life.
It’s kind of uncanny, and I think he does a brilliant job.
We didn’t have to look for him.
Then, he got better over the years.
But now, with this being a role, we do acknowledge that Ben isn’t Peter.
