Stories you know or don’t know about Paddington Bears

Ashamed, the night before watching "Paddington 2" on Sunday afternoon, I just finished the first "Paddington" movie. Then I fell deeply in love with this cute British fan bear.



On October 13, 1958, Paddington Brown first appeared in the children's literature of British writer Michael Bond, "A Bear Called'Paddington'". Since then, this Libra bear has become the most popular in British culture. One of the classic cartoon images, deeply loved by people all over the world. Next year, it will celebrate its sixtieth birthday.



However, the prototype of the Paddington bear came from the toy counter at Selfriges near Paddington Railway Station. On Christmas Eve in 1956, Michael Bond saw the last teddy bear on the shelf at the counter of this department store on Oxford Street. He was afraid that he was alone, so he bought it and gave it to his wife, which inspired him. Own creative inspiration.



The original manuscript of Paddington's first novel was given by Michael Bond to his agent Harvey Una. The book states "This is a friendly bear from the darkest Africa." But his agent told him: Although he once lived in North Africa, a brown bear called Atlas was hunted after the last Atlas brown bear in Morocco in the 1870s. The creatures disappeared from Africa.



So, later in the official publication, Paddington Bear became from Peru. But here is also a very interesting detail:. There is only one species of bear in Peru, the Andean bear known as the "spectacled bear". However, it is obvious that the Paddington we see in the movie is not the "spectacled bear".



However, as the author, Michael Bond is not the owner of the first Paddington bear doll.



In 1972, Shirley and Eddie ran a small design company called "Gabrielle Designs". Mother Shirley made the first Paddington bear and gave it to his son Jeremy and daughter Joanna.



This lucky little boy is the famous British TV personality Jeremy Charles (Jeremy Charles), if you happen to watch "Top Gear", you must know him.

Let's go back to the movie. The origin of Paddington's name, you must know the first children's shoes, and you probably guessed the ones you haven't seen, but I still have a few words.



When the Browns first met the little bear, it was at Paddington train station, so they gave the little bear the name of the train station.




The scene of this train station also appeared in the second film. When Paddington and the Brown family chased the villain to the train station, they had a clear identification of the scene-the big clock.




However, the scene of the cleaner driving Paddington outside the train station was not shot outside Paddington train station, but at the entrance of Marylebone Station at Melcombe Square.




In the film, Paddington and the Brown family live at 32 Garden Street, Windsor. In real life, Windsor Garden Street in Notting Hill is real, but you can't find number 32, and the building is different from the movie.



Because this Windsor Garden Street is the virtual community Windsor Gardens (Windsor Gardens) created by the author Michael Bond taking half of his parents' address in Reading (Winser Drive) and his own address (Arundel Gardens).



So is the Windsor Garden Street in the film a built scene or does it have its place? The answer is: this community really exists.



This building is located in a block on Primrose Hill to the north of Regent's Park.



Another landmark that may be of interest to everyone is perhaps one of the most important scenes in the second movie-the Gruber Antique Shop in Notting Hill.



In reality, this shop is located at the Alice Antique Shop at 86 Portobello Street. The more famous than this street is the Portobello Market, but the market is only open every Saturday.



This building also appeared in another film "Italian Mission".



In addition to the antique shop where the crime occurred, the amusement park in the second Paddington Bear movie is also a highlight. Where does this exist in the real world?



Well... this should be a fictional scene, but it does not rule out the "Winter Wonderland" in Hyde Park as the prototype.




In fact, in "Paddington 2", I am most interested in the pop-up book of 12 views of London.



It is a pity that the film only reveals a limited number of 12 scenes. Apart from the clear Tower Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral, there are only some street scenes that Paddington imagined Aunt Lucy when she came to London.



After watching the movie, I did not find these 12 London attractions. However, the film crew set up 5 pop-up book scenes in 5 public spaces in London for the publicity of the film.




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Let's introduce it here first. It seems that I didn't reveal anything about the plot. If you are interested, go to the cinema by yourself. Anyway, I really like this little bear.



Author: Jun

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