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Cast overview, first billed only:
	Tim Downie	-	Montgomery Clyde
	Madeleine Worrall	-	Agatha Clyde
	Lottie Steer	-	Young Millicent
	Geoffrey Palmer	-	Head Geographer
	Theresa Watson	-	Stenographer
	Imelda Staunton	-	Aunt Lucy (voice)
	Michael Gambon	-	Uncle Pastuzo (voice)
	Ben Whishaw	-	Paddington (voice)
	Hugh Bonneville	-	Henry Brown
	Sally Hawkins	-	Mary Brown
	Madeleine Harris	-	Judy Brown
	Samuel Joslin	-	Jonathan Brown
	Michael Bond	-	Kindly Gentleman
	Matt Lucas	-	Joe
	Julie Walters	-	Mrs. Bird

The character of Paddington Bear is based on a lone teddy bear, noticed by author Michael Bond on a shelf in a London store near Paddington Station on Christmas Eve 1956. Bond bought it as a present for his wife, and was eventually inspired to write a story. The outline of the lonely bear at Paddington Station was inspired by old newsreels showing train-loads of child evacuees leaving London during the Second World War, with labels around their necks and their possessions in small suitcases.

Karen Jankel, daughter of Paddington's creator Michael Bond, was almost moved to tears after the first screening she saw. "For me, it was bringing to life the bear that was so real to me. And I think they got it absolutely right".

Nicole Kidman learned to throw and twirl knives for her role as Milicent. She has noted that during shooting, the producers told her to tone down her knife-throwing tricks, as it was considered too intense for a children's film. Ultimately, the scenes featuring her skills were cut out of the film.

Hugh Bonneville considers the Paddington character to be "a part of the DNA of the UK" and therefore he was nervous about joining the project: "I was very nervous when I first picked it up because I thought, 'I don't want my childhood being messed with'. He's such a vivid character for so many people, certainly in Britain. So I was very nervous when I started reading but within a page I was laughing out loud and was reminded of all the charming innocence and the warmth that Michael Bond put on the page."

Despite being a keen animal lover, Nicole Kidman took a taxidermy class to prepare herself for the part.

Originally, author Michael Bond was nervous about the project of turning his character into a live action feature. However, he was convinced after seeing half a minute of test footage.

Nicole Kidman's childhood wish was to have Paddington Bear live at her home. She says that to participate in this film is the closest she will ever come to realize it.

Nicole Kidman's agent originally considered rejecting the part of Millicent, before passing it on to Kidman herself. The agent casually mentioned the offer, thinking Kidman would turn it down immediately. However, to her surprise, she was met by an enthusiastic reaction from Kidman, who was eager to star in the film, as she is a childhood fan of Michael Bond's books.

Sally Hawkins suffered from a concussion during a night shoot, as she ran into a crane on her way to the set. She received a major cut on her head, that was covered by her hat. Even though she was injured, she continued working on the scene and didn't see a doctor until the scene was wrapped.

According to director Paul King, Colin Firth was replaced as the voice of Paddington because, "It slowly just became clear that Paddington does not have the voice of a very handsome older man, who has the most beautiful voice on the planet". Firth had visited the set and worked with his live-action co-stars long before he began recording his lines, in order to help his co-stars and improve on his voice performance.

Emma Thompson did an uncredited polishing of the script; she received a general thank-you in the end credits.

Michael Bond originally intended for Paddington to be from Darkest Africa, where, in 19th and 20th century European cultural imagination, all strange things come from. When informed by his editor that there have been no bears living in Africa since the days of the Roman Empire, he researched and found that there are bears living in Peru, and thus changed Paddington's point of origin to Darkest Peru.

The movie features Paddington's iconic blue duffel coat and his red Peruvian hat. However, David Heyman dismissed his red Wellington Boots, because they were not part of the original design of the character, but were added by toy factories over the years, in order to make the real-life Paddington teddy-bears able to stand on their feet.

Colin Firth was originally cast as the voice of Paddington. But in June 2014, Firth and the director Paul King released a statement saying that in a mutual decision, Firth would drop out as they could no longer see him in the role.

Sally Hawkins portrays an illustrator of childrens' books. In real life, both of Hawkins' parents are authors and illustrators of children's books.

Aunt Lucy resides at 'Place for Retired Bears in Darkest Peru'. In reality there's a 'Peruvian National Forest and Fauna Service' which takes care of misled and lost bears. After the release of the film, an abandoned and wet three-months old Peruvian bear cub was rescued in the middle of a highway and taken to the center for safety and recovery.

This is the first time Nicole Kidman has done a family-friendly film following the birth of her two children with Keith Urban, which means this will be the first time her two children will be able to see their mother in action. According to Kidman, her children were very excited about the project at first, since they thought she would play "the bear's mommy". However, when they discovered she was going to play the villain to the bear, they were left mortified.

In the UK, the popularity of the film greatly enhanced the sale of marmalade and oranges within the first half of 2015, and served a rise in downloads of marmalade recipes.

"The Paddington Trail" is a part of the promotional campaign for the film. The event is created in collaboration with Visit London and features 50 statues of Paddington Bear, placed all over the city of London. The statues are designed by members of the cast and crew and several other British profiles, including Emma Watson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Sheen, David Beckham and the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The statues were sold off at an auction when the trail completed in December, and the money raised was donated to NSPCC, The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Nicole Kidman did some of her own stunts for the film. On her public Facebook profile she shared a photo of her from her first day of filming, in which she hangs upside down in wires, placed several feet above the ground.

Ben Whishaw signed on to voice Paddington five months before the film's world premiere.

Sally Hawkins and Hugh Bonneville improvised most of the conversations between their characters.

Paddington is made entirely from CGI in the film. However, on set a stick featuring a puppet version of Paddington's face was used, while several teddy bears of Paddington decorated the setting.

Imelda Staunton and Michael Gambon were added to the cast 10 months after filming had wrapped and just six weeks before the premiere of the film.

The biggest selling DVD/Blu-ray release in the UK of 2015. It sold 1 million discs in record time.

The red carpet premiere in China was not attended by any cast members, but Prince William did, in order to introduce the English film to the Chinese market.

Costume designer Lindy Hemming decided to have the characters of Mary Brown and Jonathan Brown wear red pieces of clothes, in order to show their warm nature and to represent their connection to Paddington, who wears a red hat. Meanwhile, the other two characters of the family wear blue and gray colors, which represents their distance towards the bear.

During pre-production, director Paul King attended several screenings of children's film in order to see what made the children in the audience laugh. He brought his wife to most of these screenings in order not to seem like "a creepy loner".

Director Paul King worked on the film for five years. His wife has said that on the night after the premiere, was the first time he had slept peacefully in three years.

Although Paddington railway station was used for interior shots, the exterior establishing shot of 'Paddington' station is Marylebone, a few miles down the road. It was probably chosen as it is more aesthetically pleasing.

Paddington Bear originates from "darkest Peru". Which could mean he is a spectacled bear, the only extant species of bear native to South America. Most editions of the Paddington books illustrate him to resemble that species. However, Paddington's species is identified in the film as Ursa marmaladus ("marmalade bear"), a fictional species.

In order to create some early attention for the film, the production company, Studiocanal, placed a Paddington teddy bear in Otselend (2014). Meanwhile, Hugh Bonneville brought a Paddington teddy bear to the world premiere of Monumendimehed (2014) where he got George Clooney, Matt Damon and Bill Murray to pose with it.

When Paddington is waiting at the train station, he is sitting in front of the Lost & Found. The sign is faulty, and the "Found" is not lit. When Mrs. Brown comes back to speak to him, the "Found" lights up.

To promote the movie and the book series, Nicole Kidman hosted a Storytime Event at her local Barnes & Noble store, in which she read from Michael Bond's classic short stories. About 100 guests lined up an hour before in order to attend.

For the part of antiques salesman Dr. Gruber, author Michael Bond originally wished for a foreign actor, since the character was based on Bond's first agent, a German Jew, who, according to Bond, was "in line to be the youngest judge in Germany, when he was warned his name was on a list, so he got out and came to England with just a suitcase and £25 to his name". In the book, Gruber is identified as being from Hungary. However, Bond appreciates the casting of Jim Broadbent.

Julie Walters was familiar with Paddington Bear, but had never read any of the books, nor seen the television series. For her preparation she asked friends who'd read the books as a child to share their memories, including her husband: "I grilled my husband about Mrs Bird and he said, 'Well, she was very stern, but you knew that she was loving.' I remember thinking, That's a difficult one."

Making Paddington smile proved to be a challenge for the VFX crew. Adding a human smile and natural form of the muzzle mouth into him challenged the photo real look the crew was aiming for. Instead they focused on adding sweetness to his natural gaze and happy expression from his eyes.

Several cast and crew members said director Paul King is very reminiscent of Paddington Bear himself, in terms of his attitude, politeness and in the way he solves problems.

The part of Millicent was written with Nicole Kidman in mind.

Jeremy Clarkson owns the very first produced Paddington Bear toy, since it was created by his mother Shirley Clarkson's company, Gabrielle Designs, which was the first Paddington licensee to create official Paddington toys.

Jim Broadbent provides the voice of Judith's audio lessons of the Chinese language.

Michael Bond's books about Paddington Bear have been translated into 30 languages across 70 titles and sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.

Julie Walters based her eccentric performance on her make-up artist from the film.

Paddington Bear was honored as "Britain's Favourite Ever Animated Character" at the British Animated Awards 2012.

Paul King's favorite scene to film was the meeting between the bear and the Brown family at Paddington Station, due to the real-life support from the staff at the station during filming.

The first teaser poster for the film was released in June 2012, almost two and a half years before the theatrical release of the film.

Due to its fine performance at the worldwide box office, it managed to be highest-ever grossing non-Hollywood family film, that isn't animated, and it's the highest grossing release from the production company Studio Canal. Furthermore, it spent 12 weeks in the top 10 at the British box office, and eventually became the highest grossing British film at the UK box office among releases from 2014.

A real bathtub was used for the scene where the The Brown's House is flooded. It took weeks to finish the sequence, that required to send the bathtub down the stairs for several takes.

In 1965, seven years after the release of the first Paddington Bear book, Michael Bond had enjoyed such a successful sale of his book series that he was able to retire his job as a BBC camera man and work as a full-time author.

Paddington Bear has his own Instagram account, often featuring shots of elevenses, marmalade and British traditions.

Nicole Kidman said she would have played any part in the film, because she was excited to be part of the project. Furthermore, experiencing one specific screening was one of her career highlights, as her daughter and own mother were all greatly enjoying and laughing throughout the film.

In December 2014, Nicole Kidman held a special charity screening of this film, for the ill children at Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick.

"Darkest Peru" was actually shot in Costa Rica, and the first shooting days of the movie were there. Many members of the British crew flew to Costa Rica and many locals were hired.

A life-size bronze sculpture of the fictional Paddington Bear by Marcus Cornish was placed in Paddington Station, London, in 2000.

Paddington's red hat is created by director Paul King's wife, who owns the hat-company "Moody & Farrell".

The song "London is the Place for Me" was originally composed and performed by Calypso artist Lord Kitchener, (real name Aldwyn Roberts), who immigrated to the UK from Trinidad (part of the nation of Trinidad & Tobago) in the West Indies on the Empire Windrush in 1948. His music epitomised the feelings of West Indian migrants to Great Britain in the 1950s.

When Colin Firth was cast to provide Paddington's voice, he would record his dialogue wearing a helmet with a little GoPro sports camera attached to it, so that the animators could use his facial expressions for reference. When Ben Whishaw was cast as a replacement, he had to re-record not only the voice, but also provide his own facial expressions. This meant that in every scene in which Paddington spoke, the animation had to be redone.

Paddington may not have been so keen to share the picnic the Guardsman produces from under his hat if he knew the origin of his headwear. It is known as a 'bearskin' and was traditionally made from the hide of the Canadian black bear.

The red carpet for the world premiere of the film was decorated with marmalade jars, which stood two meter tall, and a small replica of the Paddington train station.

Close to the premiere, Michael Bond became nervous about the quality of the film before seeing it; "Before, there was a certain amount of trepidation, I was worrying I'd be lying awake thinking: 'I've let Paddington down.' Letting other people take control of your character was like letting your child go off in somebody else's car. You hope for the best, but you brace yourself for the worst." He was eventually very pleased with the final film.

After months of speculation, a sequel was officially announced in October 2015, when it was revealed that director Paul King would return to write and direct Paddingtoni seiklused 2 (2017).

Reached its final theatrical market in January 2016, where it opened in Japan, more than a year after the original release of the film.

Mr. Gruber's' antique shop is filmed at "Alice's Antiques" in West London.

The project was originally announced in September 2007 and envisioned as a another collaboration between Warner Bros and David Heyman, while Hamish McColl was hired as the screenwriter. When the project moved forward in 2012, Heyman was the only one still attached to the film.

Won "Best Feature Film" at the 2015 BAFTA Children's Awards beating the likes of Pahupidi (2015) and 6 Kangelast (2014).

'Marmalade' marks the first spoken word of the film, and it's the most used word throughout the film.

Ben Whishaw had never read or seen any previous works featuring Paddington Bear before he was cast.

There have been several designs of the bear over the years. Director Paul King's favorite is the one by illustrator Peggy Fortnum.

Jim Broadbent plays a former child war-evacuee. He previously portrayed a host of London child evacuees during the Second World War in another British family film, Narnia lood: lõvi, nõid ja riidekapp (2005).

Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams collaborated on creating the song "Shine" for the film's soundtrack. Before Stefani worked on the song, she saw a rough cut of the film, early in post-production, that didn't feature the Paddington character, as the CGI wasn't completed.

Director Paul King had filmed a cameo as a tube passenger, but the scene didn't feature in the final film.

This is the second time Nicole Kidman plays a villain in an adaptation of a British children's book that features a talking bear as one of the main characters. She previously did in Kuldne kompass (2007), which, like this film, had a monkey sharing most of her scenes.

Hugh Bonneville was originally unable to be part of the project due to scheduling conflicts with Downton Abbey (2010). This was when filming was set to begin in Spring 2013. However, he became available when shooting of the London based scenes were pushed back to resume in autumn 2013.

The custom made fairground carousel horse in The Brown's House is created by Ian Hunt, founder of UK's Gallopers. This is the first time he has created anything for a movie, but he has previously created props for London-based concerts of Beyoncé and Iggy Azalea.

Prior to this film, Jim Broadbent had worked with every member of the main cast, save for the children performers. This includes one film with Nicole Kidman, Peter Capaldi', and Ben Whishaw respectively, two projects with Sally Hawkins, three projects with Hugh Bonneville and numerous collaborations with Julie Walters that expands over film, TV and theatre.

Nicole Kidman had a support staff of 11 people, according to the credits. 3 assistants, a Millicent stand-in, a floor runner, make-up artist, hair stylist, stunt double, dialogue coach, as well as someone for her shoes, and another for her wigs.

The production wasn't allowed to use the original track of the 'Mission Impossible' theme. Hereby composer Nick Urata had to score an new recording of the theme from scratch.

The film surprisingly won Best Comedy at the Empire Film Award. In his acceptance speech, a baffled director Paul King said he was convinced the award would go to Grand Budapest Hotell (2014).

David Heyman previously produced the Harry Potter series and on this film he has re-teamed with four members of the cast of Harry Potter; Julie Walters (Mrs. Molly Weasely), Jim Broadbent (Professor Horace Slughorn), Imelda Staunton (Professor Dolores Umbridge), and Michael Gambon (Headmaster Albus Dumbledore). Staunton and Gambon previously played nemeses, in this they play a married couple. Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) does not appear in the film but was part of the promotional "Paddington Trail" event.

This marks the first release for TWC-Dimension, a label for producers Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein, that handles films for which they share a common passion.

Matt Lucas, an avid Arsenal fan, plays a cabbie with an Arsenal ornament hanging from his taxi's rear view mirror.

The most expensive film made by French company StudioCanal.

Hugh Laurie was rumored to voice Paddington Bear. This however did not go ahead in the end.

The movie contains 700 effect shots.

After the pickpocket is collared by the police, there's a closeup of a newspaper front page, with a photo of Paddington in a police helmet. The headline reads "A Fur Cop". That's a play on the British phrase "A fair cop", something a criminal might say after being caught at a crime (roughly equivalent to "That was a fair and square arrest" - "cop" meaning "arrest".

Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins portray another married couple in The Hollow Crown: Henry VI Part 1 (2016).

Javier Marzan, comedy performer, provided as stand-in and created the movements for Paddington Bear while filming.

Paul King has said the film will be a mix of "the tender comedy of The Kid (1921) and the fish-out-of-the-water anarchy of Päkapikk (2003)".

The underground station called Westbourne Oak which features in the film is actually Maida Vale station on the Bakerloo line. There is no station with the name Westbourne Oak. The name was made up using the names of two other stations, Westbourne Park and Royal Oak. Those two stations are the ones that come immediately after Paddington station on the Hammersmith and City line.

It has been claimed that Hugh Bonneville rides a Triumph Bonneville to the hospital. In fact it is a Triumph Thunderbird, registration LND 460, which has appeared in other films.

Chester Cheetah from a Cheetos Commercial makes a brief cameo appearances during the bloopers of Paddington scene.

A poster of author Virginia Woolf is seen prominently in Judy's class room for literature lessons. Cast member Nicole Kidman portrayed Woolf in Tunnid (2002).

Stuffed heads of animals decorate the hallway next to Millicent's office. However, when Millicent goes through the door to her office, you can see the remaining animal bodies on the other side of the wall.

Feature film debut of Madeleine Harris.

Director Paul King is a lifelong Paddington fan.

This marks Sally Hawkins's second movie of 2014, in which she stars alongside a CGI main character whose name is the title of the film. The first one is Godzilla (2014).

Since sequels are planned, this marks producer David Heyman's second series of family films with an orphan as the lead character. The first one was Harry Potter ja tarkade kivi (2001) and the follow-ups.

The villain Millicent, who of course was created for the movie, is very similar to the villain Cruella De Vil from "101 Dalmatians" by Dodie Smith, a contemporary of Michael Bond.

A five-minute preview of the film was shown to audiences at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

This is the second film where Hugh Bonneville has raced across West London in a car as a precursor to the final scene. The first being Notting Hill (1999).

Paddington's original incarnation had a very posh voice, despite his being from Darkest Peru.

Hugh Bonneville also narrates several of the Paddington Bear audiobooks.

Paddington stands next to a British Footguard whose hats are made from actual bearskin. The standard bearskin of the British Foot Guards is 18 inches tall, weighs 1.5 pounds and is made from the fur of the Canadian black bear.

When Paddington is escaping from Nicole Kidman's character, the soundtrack paraphrases the theme from the "Mission: Impossible" movies, which star Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman's ex.

The backing music used for the black-and-white Darkest Peru sequences is Arnold Safroni's "Imperial Echoes", the theme from the BBC's "Radio Newsreel" programme.

Hugh Bonneville and Jim Broadbent both played John Bayley in the 2001 film Iris (2001). The same year, Broadbent also played opposite Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge! (2001).

Martin Clunes and Rowan Atkinson were both considered for the role of Henry Brown

Hugh Bonneville was born in Paddington, London.

During the scene with Paddington being washed, by Judith and Jonathan, the short shot of Paddington's fluffed up stockier appearance is obviously a loving reference to his appearance in the original 1970s BBC TV/FilmFair animated series version.

David Walliams and Rupert Everett were considered for the voice of Paddington.

Colin Firth (who passed on the project when he could not get Paddington's voice right) and Nicole Kidman appeared together in Raudteemees (2013) and Ei. Tohi. Magama. Jääda. (2014).

Before the film was released, teasers for the movie prompted many on social networks to start using the hashtag #creepypaddington. These largely disappeared when the film came out and was warmly embraced by the general public.

Adrian Edmondson was considered for the role of Henry Brown

The first of two films featuring both Sally Hawkins and a scene with a flooded bathroom, the second being Vee puudutus (2017).

Ken Stott was considered for the role of Henry Brown.

Philippines actor Xian Lim voices Paddington in the Tagalog dub.

This film features two actors who later went on to star in another British phenomenon, Doctor Who. Peter Capaldi (Mr. Curry) was cast as the Twelfth Doctor, and Matt Lucas (Cab Driver) plays his companion, Nardole. Hugh Bonneville (Mr. Brown) also guest starred in Doctor Who as Captain Henry Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot and A Good Man Goes to War.

The scene where the bathroom is flooding is very similar to the one in Härra Popperi pingviinid (2011).

Sally Hawkins, Ben Wishaw, and Michael Gambon appear in 2004s Layer Cake.

The dog Paddington carries down the escalator at the tube station is a Chihuahua.

Simon Farnaby (Barry the Security Guard) and Alice Lowe (Geographer's Guild Receptionist) both appeared together in the comedy series Horrible Histories (2009-2015).

Michael Bond: Around 0:17:15, the man in the café who raises a glass to Paddington as he passes in a taxi is the author of the original Paddington stories.

Hamish McColl: writer of the original script for the film, appears as Petting Zoo Keeper.

Javier Marzan: The man who stood in for Paddington on set also appears as Buckingham Palace Sentry.

Simon Farnaby: writer of Paddingtoni seiklused 2 (2017) and longtime collaborator appears as Barry.

Paddington's last line goes "A bear called Paddington". The same line is the title of the first book in Michael Bond's series of novels about the bear.

The "silly voice" that Mr. Curry uses to call the Browns to tell them about Paddington is Peter Capaldi's natural Scottish accent.

The scene where Hugh Bonneville's disguises as a chambermaid originally caused the BBFC to give the film a PG-rating as they believed it featured sexual tension between Mr. Brown and the security guard.

When Paddington starts to escape, Millicent hits the alarm, which causes the museum to lock down. Paddington runs for one of the doors as it closes downward, causing him to have to slide under it. His hat falls off during his slide, causing him to have to grab it before the door closed. This is a spoof of a running gag from the Indiana Jones movies.