No child had been a celebrity before so that was uncharted territory. The difference is that this family couldn’t have predicted the fame. JN: The piece has a lot to say about fame. It was introducing this view to the world. The rock they sit on at the end actually has a plaque dedicated to A. SC: It was fun filming at the actual Poohsticks Bridge. JN: Was it tough balancing the happy with the sad themes in Goodbye Christopher Robin? He has to play the fun of the boy and the sadness. It was a long, dull process to find him and we auditioned so many boys. JN: That must have been a tough role for a little kid. She is a fantastic actress and a very clever woman. She has been very bold in playing a variety of things, mixing up big budget with smaller things. SC: She’s going to be Tonya Harding next in I, Tonya too. JN: So many American audiences now identify her with Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad, but this role is completely different. SC: I said goodbye to her last night when we finished some press. SC: Yes, there is a simplicity and brevity to them. JN: They are so relaxing and that is what helped him as a person. I think that is what happens, different generations pass it on. SC: Not massive, but I cherished my parents reading the stories to me and me reading my stories to my kids. SC: It was the unknown creation of one of the most famous ever books. JN: What drew you to the project in the first place? Though I suppose in retrospect the Winnie the Pooh stories became famous so quickly because they were a way for readers everywhere to reconnect with innocence before the war years. Milne was our guide to keep us on the right track. JN: How much research was involved with making Goodbye Christopher Robin? SC: She is an amazing woman as well as an amazing actress. JN: I just recently met Helen Mirren who you worked with in Woman in Gold. SC: I was very lucky to get the cast that I got with that film, as I have always been lucky. JN: Talk a bit about My Week with Marilyn. All the clever people are going from film into TV! JN: How did you move into more filmmaking? I directed The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright. I started at the Royal Court Theatre in London, but I had directed at Steppenwolf about 20 years ago. JN: (Jerry Nunn) Didn’t you start in theater? Many will remember his work from My Week with Marilyn and most recently with Woman in Gold. Margot Robbie plays the awkward mother role and Will Tilston is the young Christopher Robin Milne covering the majority of the film.īritish director and producer Simon Curtis sat down at the Park Hyatt to discuss the behind the scenes development of the Goodbye Christopher Robin. His son Christopher Robin helps him through his terrors by playing with stuffed animals creating a classic in the process. Milne the author of Pooh who suffers from post traumatic disorder after serving in both World Wars. The dramatic film Goodbye Christopher Robin tells the tale of the creation of the iconic Winnie the Pooh.
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