Paddington Bear
Michael Bond’s stories “mean a great deal to me,” he says. “Displaced from his native Peru, Paddington arrives in England, seeking the kindness of strangers. I felt just like him when I moved schools.” Now, he’s starring in the film!
Stig of the Dump
As a 10-year-old in England, Bonneville was captivated by Clive King’s classic: “Like the protagonist, I had a den at the end of my garden and it was there that the story of Barney and Stig definitely, possibly, maybe took place.”
Mr. Gum
His son, Felix, now 16, found Andy Stanton to be a riot. While reading the series — about an eccentric old man who lives in a place called Lamonic Bibber — says the star, “giggles became guffaws as he immersed himself…