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Director Peter Cattaneo insists ‘patience’ was key to working with real penguins on new film The Penguin Lessons
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04/04/2025
Filmmaker Peter Cattaneo used real penguins on set for his new comedy-drama movie 'The Penguin Lessons’, and admits that working with live animals brings it's own set of unique challenges.
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Well, the Penguin Lessons co-stars a penguin, so that was always going to be a challenge.
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It was the first decision was to definitely use real penguins and not go for CGI, because
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I felt we'd just get more authenticity and more character and warmth out of a real penguin.
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Then it was finding great animal handlers, always making sure the penguins were very
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well cared for, never asked to do anything that wasn't natural for them.
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But every time I opened my mouth, he turned around and walked out, which was amusing in
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itself, but made for a slightly long day.
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It was great to be involved in scenes that I had no particular responsibility for and
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watch the mayhem that the penguin was creating, because they don't always do what you want
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them to.
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It's not an out-and-out comedy.
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It just has, I think, a lot of warmth and observational humor, and it got lots of laughs.
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But then you hear people sniffing, they're crying as well, so what could be more rewarding
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for a filmmaker than to have laughter and tears in?
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