While the anticipation for Paddington 3 continues to keep fans going around the world, star Ben Whishaw and production companies Heyday Films & Studiocanal were secretly putting together a new short film featuring the bear and an unexpected co-star, Queen Elizabeth II of England. Deadline brings word that on the occasion of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, marking the 70th anniversary of her ascent to the throne, an original short film featuring Elizabeth and Paddington Bear premiered on the BBC. According to the trade this has been in the works for sometime and managed to remain a secret while the BBC, Heyday Films, and Buckingham Palace all collaborated on it.
This on par if not better than the Olympic James Bond scene.The Queen having tea with Paddington – incredible that at 96 and after 70 years on the throne she still has the power to surprise #platinumpartyatthepalace pic.twitter.com/88NP1ScpXx
