Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth together again for Paddington Bear

The two lead actors on The Railway Man, Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, are both on board Paddington Bear, which begins principal photography in the UK later this month.

Firth will not be seen however – he is lending his voice to the little bear, a much-loved children’s favourite created in the 1950s by author Michael Bond. Nicole Kidman will play a malevolent taxidermist, with Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins as Mr and Mrs Brown, with whom Paddington lives in London.