Ben Whishaw Is The New Voice Of Paddington — cinemablend.com

The Daily Mail spoke with producer David Heyman who confirmed that Ben Whishaw (the new Q from Skyfall) will be taking over the vocal duties for Paddington, which is still on track for a November 28th release date in the UK. Heyman told The Daily Mail this when qualifying just how good of a pick the young actor was for the role: Colin Firth, while having an awesome voice I was dying to hear bring to life a childhood favorite of mine, isn't exactly a Paddington. He would have been better suited playing the role Hugh Bonneville is filling in the film, as he's at that point in his career where he can play the dad. Ben Whishaw's casting brings the youth that those in charge of production need and those who are actual fans of previous incarnations know and love. It still sucked to see Mr. Firth leave, but at least he and those in charge were amiable about it and no harm was done to the production.

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