He's one of children's literature's most beloved bears, and the new film of Michael Bond's Paddington had its world premiere in London on Sunday 23rd November in a rain-soaked Leicester Square.
Hollywood star Nicole Kidman plays the villain of the piece -- a psychotic taxidermist, who's determined to have the cute brown bear stuffed.
She said signing up was easy as she loved the Paddington stories as a child growing up in Australia
SOUNDBITE, Nicole Kidman, saying (English):
"In Australia you know it's a big part of the I suppose children's books and I was a huge reader. I was raised on Roald Dahl but I was also raised on Paddington Bear,"
Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville plays Mr Brown, the head of the family that takes Paddington under their wing when he arrives in London from Peru.
SOUNDBITE, Hugh Bonneville, saying (English)
"He's a bear who, he's a character who always resets the dial to positive. Whatever goes wrong he's always got a po
