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How the New Paddington Director Pulled Off a Mid-Credits Blinder Cameo


Dougal Wilson brought a beloved actor back and let him write his own dialogue, too.

His movie transports the action from the previous West London–set films (directed by Paul King and based on Michael Bond’s books) to Peru for a swashbuckling adventure. But you’ll have to wait for the credits to witness the real return: sitting bold as brass and still in prison, Phoenix Buchanan, the archvillain actor from Paddington 2, played with high camp by Hugh Grant. Last seen performing a Broadway-worthy version of Sondheim’s “Rain on the Roof” with his fellow jailbirds (“I didn’t need the West End after all,” he quips, “just a captive audience.

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