Paddington in Peruwill delight fans with a major cameo (Picture: StudioCanal)
*Spoilers for Paddington in Peru below*
Everyone has been chomping at the bit for Paddington Bear’s return to our screens in Paddington in Peru since Paddington 2 proved to be such a beloved smash-hit seven years ago.
However, the threequel has tickled fans with another delightful surprise in store for fans thanks to a massive 90s rom-com star making an appearance in the end credits.
Or should we say, a repeat one?
Yes, that’s right, star of films such as Four Weddings and A Funeral and Notting Hill, Hugh Grant, pops up in two end credits scenes in Paddington Peru after his triumphant performance in the previous film.
In fact, while Grant may have initially been known for his blinkingly British and charmingly awkward persona in the first phase of his career, it’s roles in the likes of the Paddington franchise – for which he was Bafta-nominated – as well as turns in A Very English Scandal, Wonka and horror movie Heretic, with which he is making a name for himself all over again. And a very different one at that.
Hugh Grant is back as Phoenix Buchanan (Picture: Warner Bros)
Let’s not forget too that Paddington 2 is currently one of the most highly rated films ever on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, at 99%. It was dethroned from the full 100% by one measly negative review, but it still considered equally as good as movies such as Citizen Kane.
Who did Hugh Grant play in Paddington 2?
Hugh Grant played the villainous thespian Phoenix Buchanan in Paddington 2, a vain and arrogant actor with a fading career who enjoys taking on various different guises – as well as having a penchant for stealing books.
Buchanan was a thieving thespian who saw Paddington put behind bars in the previous film (Picture: Jaap Buitendijk)
When Paddington is sent down for his crime, it sets the Browns off on a quest to exonerate him and prove Buchanan’s guilt, while their adopted bear struggles to keep his spirits high while locked up in prison – even if his marmalade sandwich recipe and iconic hard stare do improve things for his fellow prisoners.
Luckily Buchanan, who was using the book to help uncover clues around London for the location of some secret treasure, is eventually apprehended and jailed.
The last we see of him is the delighted actor performing a song and dance routine to Rain on the Roof in the prison with prison guards and his fellow inmates, enjoying his ‘captive audience’.
What happens in Paddington 3’s end credit scenes?
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Source:: Metro
