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Home » Lifestyle » Fun Facts About The New Peter Rabbit Film & Insights From The Cast

Fun Facts About The New Peter Rabbit Film & Insights From The Cast

By: Liz  /  Published: February 8, 2018  /  Updated: February 8, 2018  /   Leave a comment

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Thank you to Sony Pictures for providing my travel and accommodations to the press junket for the new Peter Rabbit film. See #PeterRabbitMovie in theaters February 9.

The chemistry between actors was obvious at the Peter Rabbit movie press conference and the laughs flowed freely. It’s a good thing everyone was having fun because it was an unseasonably warm February day in Los Angeles, and I’m not sure anyone was prepared for it.

It was a whirlwind of questions for the talent which included: James Corden, Rose Byrne, Elizabeth Debicki, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie and director, Will Gluck. I’m sharing some of my favorite quotes and moments from the interview along with some fun facts about the movie. I hope you enjoy!

cast of Peter Rabbit

ON CHANNELING HIS INNER BUNNY

James: “I don’t know that I ever… It was never really about channeling an inner rabbit, it was mostly about how do we find a way to honor this character that is so beloved by Beatrix Potter. How do we unlock this kind of loveable, mischievous character that has been created in these beautiful books and honor it now in a film.”

James Corden standing in front of a sign

ON WHY THE RABBITS WEAR JACKETS

James: “If you don’t know we can’t tell you… This is something you need to figure out by yourself….”

cast of Peter Rabbit

ON SIMILARITIES BETWEEN STAR WARS AND PETER RABBIT

Domhnall: “On Star Wars, I had a stunt team who took the heavy hits, and on Peter Rabbit, they just threw me into a wall.”

Domhnall Gleeson et al. that are sitting on a bench

ON THE SWEET SPOT AGE RANGE FOR FILMGOERS

Director Will Gluck: “From 2 to 98.  There is a lot of stuff for both kids and adults… There is never a joke or a scene that is just for the adults and the kids don’t understand. Almost every beat works on both levels concurrently… and we think we hit the sweet spot.”

Will Gluck holding a sign

ON THE ANIMATION PROCESS

Elizabeth:  “I think finding the voice is so interesting… you contribute some and then you see what the character starts to look like because the animation grows and then that might change what you do with your voice a little bit.”

Elizabeth Debicki posing for the camera

ON VOICING A BUNNY WITH A LISP

Margot: “I loved it… There is something quite endearing about a character with a lisp and you can understand where her frustration comes from sometimes as she cannot articulate herself in the way that she wants to, but more than that she is trying to win a status quo with her sisters sometimes… and I love that dynamic… who’s the oldest and that sort of thing. I could relate to it and had a lot of fun with it.”

Margot Robbie  posing for the camera

ON ACTING OPPOSITE INVISIBLE CHARACTERS

Rose: “It’s weird. It’s like, Where’s the blue ball? It’s my scene partner! Where did it go? You kind of adjust to it and gradually you catch yourself going, What am I doing? But you’ve got to commit, right?”

Rose Byrne et al. sitting around each other

ON NAMING THEIR OWN RABBITS

Rose: She had one named Bunsk
Elizabeth: Snowflake
Margot: Bunny
Domnhall: Seamus
James: Five bunnies named after the Spice Girls: Scary, Baby, Sporty, Posh and Ginger.

ON CARPOOL KARAOKE

James: “It would have to be with all the animals. They would sing a whole collection of songs that have animals in it like “Who Let the Dogs Out” and songs like that.”

ON KEY MOVIE TAKEAWAYS

James Corden’s son picked up an important lesson, one we can all appreciate. Everyone makes mistakes. What’s important is how you react to it and the person you become after the mistake.

Peter Rabbit film cast

Peter Rabbit poster


Fun Facts About the New Peter Rabbit Film

fun facts about Peter Rabbit film - cast insights

🐰 Because Beatrix Potter’s paintings are very, very tiny, they found an artist who could mimic her style in a scaled-up size.

🐰 Some of the Peter Rabbit film cast members played more than one character. Domhnall played Mr. Jeremy Fisher the frog, Rose played Jemima Puddle-Duck and Sam Neill (who was Old Mr. McGregor) played Tommy Brock, the badger.

🐰 Sam Neill’s (Old Mr. McGregor) costume was exactly as Beatrix Potter created him, right down to the shirt buttons. He wore an air-conditioned fat suit with cashmere and wool, so they plugged him in to cool off between shots.

🐰 The film was shot in London, in the Lake District (a part of the countryside where Beatrix Potter lived, wrote her stories and painted her pictures) and in Sydney, Australia.

🐰 They grew 22 varieties of fruits and veggies for Mr. McGregor’s garden, and every single plant had to be something that would grow in the Lake District.  The garden scenes took eight weeks to shoot, so they grew everything in a pot, used liquid fertilizer to get them ready quickly and monitored the weather carefully.

🐰 Very few films have been given permission to film in Harrods, and PETER RABBIT is one of them. They filmed overnight when the store was closed.

🐰 During scenes where the actors and animated characters interacted, the actors interacted with objects like a stuffed Peter Rabbit and VFX balls with different colors, fur and material so light, wind and touch could react to them appropriately.

🐰 Bea’s cottage was constructed with a complete interior — very unusual for a feature film, as interior scenes are normally shot on a sound stage. It also had to be weatherproofed inside and out.

🐰 The giant tree had a hinge so even though it fell over, it could be used in multiple takes!

🐰 To represent firecracker explosions, they built soft fruit and small guns to shoot it exactly where it needed to go.

Be sure to see Peter Rabbit in theaters beginning February 9!

Peter Rabbit in carrots

More Peter Rabbit tales:

See the press conference in its entirety here.

Find out how to make your own Peter Rabbit stuffed animal here.

Read my thoughts on a modern day Peter Rabbit story here.

Visit the official movie website here.

 

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Liz is a midwestern mom gone southern (accent in transition). She lives in North Carolina and loves cooking, baking, traveling, movies, crafts, hot and cold tea, wine, pizza and the occasional nap. She also revels in the fact she's a crazy cat lady.

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  1. Marielle Altenor says

    February 10, 2018 at 12:43 am

    My son has been talking about wanting to go see the movie. I didn’t know James Corden was the voice of Peter Rabit. He’s hilarious.

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  2. Gingermommy says

    February 9, 2018 at 10:29 pm

    I saw the trailer for this last week. Can not wait to see it

    Reply
  3. Jeanine says

    February 9, 2018 at 1:20 pm

    My 4 year old is really looking forward to seeing this film. I am a huge fan of Margot so I am really looking forward to it too. It looks wonderful!

    Reply
  4. Brianne says

    February 9, 2018 at 8:08 am

    I cannot believe you were able to interview the entire cast of Peter Rabbit. It looks so funny and we can’t wait to see it this weekend!

    Reply
  5. Annemarie LeBlanc says

    February 9, 2018 at 2:29 am

    This movie is going to wake up the child in me!! I have read the books when I was a kid and it would be so awesome to watch a full-length movie on the big screen! With a great cast like that, I am positive this movie will be a big hit.

    Reply
  6. Saidah Washington says

    February 8, 2018 at 4:08 pm

    I read the Peter Rabbit books when I was a kid. It’s fun to see an updated version once the movie for our kids to enjoy.

    Reply
  7. Neely Moldovan says

    February 8, 2018 at 3:58 pm

    I think it looks super cute! I kidn of want to see it myself! What a great cast!

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