George Clooney and Bill Murray apparently had different ideas of how it was to work with each other on "The Fantastic Mr. Fox.”
The film --an animated adaptation of the classic book by Roald Dahl -- opens wider this weekend, expanding from its initial bow in New York and Los Angeles. A lifelong fan of the book, Wes Anderson jumped at the opportunity to direct the film starring the voices of Clooney, Murray and Meryl Streep.
At his five-acre country home, the Gipsy House, in Great Missenden near London, Dahl wrote “Fox” in 1970, just a few years after his most famous novels “James and the Giant Peach” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Anderson employs a two-frame stop-motion technique that makes movements rougher than the digital animation audiences have grown so accustomed to.
This retro look is part of what gives the new movie its charm -- in addition to Clooney’s canny interpretation of the character and Bill Murray’s portrayal of the Badger, Mr. Fox’s attorney.
TheWrap spent some time at Dahl's home, getting a look at his environment and the actors who helped bring “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” to life.
