- Cate Blanchett was the person who originally dubbed the mother fox, but later the role was handed over to Meryl Streep.
- Mario Batali, who voices the rabbit, likes to wear orange underwear and Crocs shoes. In response, the rabbit wears an orange scarf in the film.
- This film is the first stop-motion animation produced by the 20th Century Fox Film Company, and it is also the first animated feature of Wes Anderson.
- The whistle of Daddy Fox in the film comes from the war film "Army Field Hospital", and director Wes Anderson is a fan of the film.
- The film’s grove is based on Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, England, where the novelist Roald Dahl once lived.
- The plot in which Father Fox is drugged in dog food comes from another novel by Roald Dahl.
- The clothes in Papa Fox's wardrobe are the same as those in director Wes Anderson's wardrobe.
- In the outdoor dialogue recording of this film, almost always choose the environment close to the scene to record, and rarely use the computer to synthesize the environmental sound effects in the post-production period. In order to specifically create certain environmental effects, Wes Anderson also specially arranges related environments, such as shooting at an airport, when the plane is flying over.
- The crew prepared a total of 535 models for the filming. The model of Papa Fox includes 17 different styles, even the size is not the same, there are a total of 6 different sizes. It took 7 months for the crew to produce the first model of Daddy Fox that the director thought was perfect and impeccable.
Fantastic Mr. Fox behind the scenes gags
2021-10-22 14:31
Extended Reading
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[from trailer]
Mrs. Fox: You know, you really are... fantastic.
Mr. Fox: I try.
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[from trailer]
Mr. Fox: [looking at an electric fence] Huh. This could be difficult.
Squirrel: It's fatal for humans, but we got enough fur to keep the voltage from getting to us. Let's go!