The Cast of 'Peter Pan & Wendy' Answer IMDb's Burning Questions
HOST: The fighting and the choreography was intense. What was the training for that like? Learning to fence left-handed ’cause I’m right-handed. And then learning to do it on water. And you suddenly go Oh no, we’re doing it in a dinghy in water. So they’re rotating– – A rotating mast that spins. Or on a rotating mast that actually spins while you’re doing it. I mean, all that stuff is– is fun, of course, challenging. But yeah, you have to apply yourself. It’s a big part of the job. I actually began with not having a pirate fight sequence.
It was only going to be at the beginning. But then they decided to throw it in last minute, so I ended up learning a whole new thing which was– I was so excited about because, who doesn’t want to fight some pirates? – Yeah! Do you really think that you could beat Captain Hook on your own? HOST: What was that flying experience like? My flying experience was a collaboration between me and that visual effects team that’s oh so talented. My character is so small. And the way she buzzes around meant that it wasn’t practical to be
in a harness, because I mean, they couldn’t even move me that fast. It was a lot of figuring out how to use my upper body to make
Hook. Everyone has known Captain Hook as the villain who wants to kill Peter Pan. But in this version, his backstory is so much more developed and fleshed out. It’s so much more interesting. My favorite character has to be Tink. Props to Yara for this entire thing because she did so brilliantly. Just having somebody that can say so much without actually saying anything was so incredible to watch. Tinkerbell, I don’t understand you. What are you saying? HOST: What is the formula to being Captain Hook? Like, finding that hook– I remember the day that we finally had
the one that felt right. All of a sudden, the movie just clicked into place. It really was one of those like– that magic ingredient that just made the entire movie. It was like Oh, this is the movie in our hands and now on your hand. Yeah. Speak not to me of hands. I– see your point. HOST: How comfortable was it to wear that hook? And how long did you have to wear it for? I wore it all day. It was heavy. We wanted it to look heavy and gnarly and weaponized. So I had a good
position under my sword where I could kind of rest it, which became the place where it sort of lived. I am Captain Hook! HOST: If you never had to grow up, what’s a moment you would want to relive over and over? I think the last day of shooting this movie was one of the happiest days of my life, not because we were wrapping, but because it had been such a fulfilling experience. For me, our last day in Vancouver. It was so fun, but also so sad at the same time. There was a crêpe van. We
had a massive water fight. Costume weren’t happy– as at one point, we were in costume. But yeah, loads of great memories were made on that day. Honestly, I’m pretty happy right now. There’s something about acting– it’s a place of imagination and make-believe that I get to dip into whenever I work. And that’s a wonderful thing. And to have that alongside a little less anxiety that one can have in their 20s and 30s and a little more like, ah, you know, I am what I am. I am who I am. And– um, yeah. I’m pretty happy
right now, which is– oh, how lucky to be able to say that. There you go.
