Mortimer takes over as Mary, the matriarch of the Brown family, in “Paddington in Peru.”
That [family] unit is so perfectly rendered."
“She has a lovely British sensibility; she just feels a nice fit for the Paddington world.
‘Paddington in Peru’ cast.Credit:Sony Pictures
She’s very funny and smart.
She did a lot of ad libs while we were filming, which seemed to slot in quite nicely.
It was a shame that Sally couldn’t be involved.
Sally Hawkins in ‘Paddington’.TWC-Distribution/courtesy Everett
We were all very sad about that.
But Sally totally gave Emily her blessing to fill her shoes.”
Sally had very graciously handed the baton over to me and blessed the fact that I was taking over.
So, I was feeling nervous, but it was something I had to do."
But Mortimer needn’t have worried as the cast and crew welcomed her with open arms.
A new family, but the same family with a slightly different shade.
It was glorious."
Mortimer also found comfort in the familiarity of Mrs. Brown’s circumstances in the film.
I very much relate to the agony of having to let your kids fly the nest.
Mortimer wasn’t the only one stepping into big shoes.
Wilson took over for director Paul King, who wrote and helmed the first twoPaddingtonfilms.
“That felt nice,” she adds.
“We were both newbies together.”
Though it was perhaps not quite as calming a prospect for Wilson.
“It was incredibly daunting, horrendously daunting,” Wilson says of taking over the franchise.
But he was off doingWonka,and they needed somebody, so I got the opportunity.
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“It’s such a kind and embracing one environment,” she muses.
“Maybe that’s because Paddington’s presiding over it all somewhere.
It’s a very thoughtful, careful, kind, generous, tolerant place.”
Paddington in Peruhits theaters on Feb. 14.
