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It's the same site which later updated their report. IMDb lists Okonedo as Kanga too. Kristin must have been too busy with Frozen on Broadway and Frozen 2 to reprise her role.disneyprincess11 wrote:But that one site says Kristin Anderson-Lopez was going to be Kanga.
Source: https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/stat ... 4705222657In the film, Christopher Robin, played by Ewan McGregor, has grown up and lost his sense of imagination. Winnie the Pooh re-emerges in Christopher Robin’s life to help him find it again. The film takes place in 1940s London when Christopher returns home from World War II. Christopher works for a luggage company. Though going through a troubling time, Christopher decides to help Pooh find his way back to the Hundred Acre Wood and find the rest of his friends. The majority of the film is set in the Hundred Acre Woods, however the film does take us to London a handful of times. Hayley Atwell and Ewan McGregor are motion captured during the beginning to make them look younger.
The Hundred Acre Wood appears to have been shot in Ashford Forest in Sussex, England, the real-world location where the Winnie the Pooh books are set. As for the Hundred Acre Wood characters, they are all normal-sized stuffed animals, who talk and move around. Pooh and the gang retain their iconic looks we’ve come to know and love, with a hint of the classic designs from author A.A. Milne’s books. Pooh has his red shirt, Roo has blue shirt, and Piglet has his classic green sweater with a red scarf. The only exceptions are Owl and Rabbit, who are actual living, breathing animals, as opposed to toys.
Probably the character from the book. The real Christopher Robin disliked Winnie the Pooh as he grew older and got bullied in school over the books, plus he felt he was exploited to help his father sell the books (this is depicted in the recent movie "Goodbye Christopher Robin").D82 wrote:Something I've been wondering since the project was announced is whether they mean Christopher Robin is the real one (A. A. Milne's son) or just the character from the book.
Agreed. As pointed out, the real Christopher Robin's story wouldn't fare well for a Disney film. Actually that's true for most children's authors that Disney made films of like Lewis Carroll, J.M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, etc. P.L. Travers may have actually have had the most family friendly story.estefan wrote:Probably the character from the book. The real Christopher Robin disliked Winnie the Pooh as he grew older and got bullied in school over the books, plus he felt he was exploited to help his father sell the books (this is depicted in the recent movie "Goodbye Christopher Robin").D82 wrote:Something I've been wondering since the project was announced is whether they mean Christopher Robin is the real one (A. A. Milne's son) or just the character from the book.
Christopher Robin was also in his mid '20s, when World War II ended. Ewan McGregor is 46.
OK, thanks for the answer. Yes, he's most likely just the character from the book then, and I actually prefer that. I don't know why, but at first I thought this film would be similar to Saving Mr. Banks, though mixed with a bit of fantasy, but now I see that's not the case. I haven't seen Goodbye Christopher Robin yet, but I want to do it. I'll be interesting to know more about A. A. Milne and his relationship with his son.estefan wrote:Probably the character from the book. The real Christopher Robin disliked Winnie the Pooh as he grew older and got bullied in school over the books, plus he felt he was exploited to help his father sell the books (this is depicted in the recent movie "Goodbye Christopher Robin").D82 wrote:Something I've been wondering since the project was announced is whether they mean Christopher Robin is the real one (A. A. Milne's son) or just the character from the book.
Christopher Robin was also in his mid '20s, when World War II ended. Ewan McGregor is 46.
I remember reading about P. L. Travers and her relationship with her adoptive son after watching Saving Mr. Banks and it wasn't too good either, so I can't imagine how bad the other children's authors stories were.JeanGreyForever wrote:Agreed. As pointed out, the real Christopher Robin's story wouldn't fare well for a Disney film. Actually that's true for most children's authors that Disney made films of like Lewis Carroll, J.M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, etc. P.L. Travers may have actually have had the most family friendly story.
Goodbye Christopher Robin is like Finding Neverland: a feel-good Hollywood movie that adheres mostly to fiction with a sprinkling of fact thrown in occasionally. The reviews I heard were terrible anyway, accuracy aside.D82 wrote:OK, thanks for the answer. Yes, he's most likely just the character from the book then, and I actually prefer that. I don't know why, but at first I thought this film would be similar to Saving Mr. Banks, though mixed with a bit of fantasy, but now I see that's not the case. I haven't seen Goodbye Christopher Robin yet, but I want to do it. I'll be interesting to know more about A. A. Milne and his relationship with his son.estefan wrote: Probably the character from the book. The real Christopher Robin disliked Winnie the Pooh as he grew older and got bullied in school over the books, plus he felt he was exploited to help his father sell the books (this is depicted in the recent movie "Goodbye Christopher Robin").
Christopher Robin was also in his mid '20s, when World War II ended. Ewan McGregor is 46.
I remember reading about P. L. Travers and her relationship with her adoptive son after watching Saving Mr. Banks and it wasn't too good either, so I can't imagine how bad the other children's authors stories were.JeanGreyForever wrote:Agreed. As pointed out, the real Christopher Robin's story wouldn't fare well for a Disney film. Actually that's true for most children's authors that Disney made films of like Lewis Carroll, J.M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, etc. P.L. Travers may have actually have had the most family friendly story.
Well, yes, it's true. I had heard something about James Barrie and Lewis Carroll's stories, but I didn't know anything about Kenneth Grahame. I've read a bit about his life and about his son and you're right, it's quite tragic.JeanGreyForever wrote:Yeah even with the issues with her adopted son, Travers still had a pretty picture perfect life compared to the rest.
Didn't she mock Robert Sherman for limping and called him ableist slurs?JeanGreyForever wrote:Yeah even with the issues with her adopted son, Travers still had a pretty picture perfect life compared to the rest.
I meant that her life wasn't filled with tragedies the way other children's authors' lives were. We might say today that Travers must have been a pretty miserable person if she acted that with with Robert Sherman, but I doubt she'd reciprocate the feeling.Sotiris wrote:Didn't she mock Robert Sherman for limping and called him ableist slurs?JeanGreyForever wrote:Yeah even with the issues with her adopted son, Travers still had a pretty picture perfect life compared to the rest.
