Video: Hugh Bonneville: 'Paddington Bear film blew me away' Benneville, who plays Mr Brown, revealed that - unlike the books - the film includes some of Paddington's backstory, including an appearance by the bear's famous aunt, Lucy. "We do go to Peru, which I'm not sure you do, certainly not in the early books," he said. So we meet Aunt Lucy and Uncle Pastuzo, who are the uncle and aunt who took Paddington in, and so we see the world that he came from and why he has to leave it and his journey to London to be discovered on Paddington station. The Downton Abbey star said he was amazed by the post-production work done by the film's animators. When I first saw the finished film I was completely blown away by the quality of what they'd actually brought to life. It was no longer a beautiful three-dimensional image, it was - sorry, hope it doesn't sound too ridiculous - a living, breathing bear as far as I was concerned and I completely forgot that I hadn't been acting with it. "So watching it I was totally transformed, my disbelief was totally suspended and I was watching this bear and I cared about this bear," he said. "Paddington" is released in the UK and Ireland on November 28