{"id":46930,"date":"2025-08-06T02:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T02:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/46930\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T02:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T02:30:13","slug":"sally-hawkins-finally-reveals-why-she-didnt-come-back-for-paddington-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/46930\/","title":{"rendered":"Sally Hawkins finally reveals why she didn’t come back for Paddington 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sally Hawkins has finally revealed why she didn’t come back for Paddington in Peru.<\/p>\n

Last year, Hawkins handed over the role of Mrs Brown<\/a> to Emily Mortimer for the third instalment in the Paddington franchise.<\/p>\n

At the time her departure was announced<\/a>, Hawkins opened up about her decision to leave, saying: “For me it has felt the right time to hand the reins over to another.<\/p>\n

“I am, and will always be, in love with Paddington’s world. I already greatly miss my on- and off-screen family.”<\/p>\n

The actor went on to call her time with the franchise ‘some of the best and most creative times I have had in the world of film,’ but gave no further information on her exit. <\/p>\n

\"paddington<\/p>\n

StudioCanal<\/p>\n

Related: Best streaming services in 2025<\/a>
<\/p>\n

Now, speaking to The Times<\/a>, Hawkins has opened up on why she decided to leave the role, revealing that it was down to the departure of director Paul King. <\/p>\n

Hawkins has known King for 20 years and the pair workshopped the character of Mary Brown together. <\/p>\n

“I feel so awful about Paddington 3<\/a> but Hugh (Bonneville) did get an upgrade \u2014 I adore Emily Mortimer,” she explained. <\/p>\n

“But because I love Paul so much, and love the way he works, it would\u2019ve broken my heart.”<\/p>\n

Hawkins went on to work with King on his next project, Wonka, playing Mrs. Wonka, the titular character’s mother. <\/p>\n

\"paddington<\/p>\n

Studiocanal<\/p>\n

Related: Best film and TV tours for 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Hawkins can currently be seen in a very different role in the supernatural horror film Bring Her Back<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Directed by Talk To Me<\/a>‘s Danny and Michael Philippou, the film stars Hawkins as a grieving mother who enlists her two foster children in an occult ritual. <\/p>\n

The film, which has received critical acclaim, was released in the US in May but only hit UK cinemas on August 1.<\/p>\n

Paddington in Peru is now available to watch now on Netflix in the UK and Ireland.
<\/p>\n

Digital Spy’s new print issue is here! Buy Oasis – Live in ’25<\/a> in newsagents or online<\/a>, now priced at just \u00a38.99.<\/p>\n

Deals that might interest you\"Shop<\/a>Shop Sky TV, broadband and mobile deals\"On\"Richard<\/a>Richard Osman: We Solve MurdersCredit: Viking\"Stranger<\/a>Stranger Things Hellfire Club dice dangle charmCredit: Pandora\"Shop<\/a>Shop PS5 consolesCredit: PlayStation\"Shop<\/a>Shop Alison Hammond’s outfitsCredit: Mark Bourdillon\"Apple<\/a>Apple TV+ 7-day free trialCredit: Apple TV+\"Sign<\/a>Sign up for Disney+Credit: Chuck Zlotnick\"The<\/a>The Street of Lies: An Official Coronation Street Interactive NovelCredit: Octopus Books\"Death<\/a>Death in Paradise: The Puzzle BookCredit: BBC Books\"Headshot<\/p>\n

Reporter, Digital Spy\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stephanie is a writer who specialises in pro wrestling, covering everything from AEW <\/a>and WWE<\/a> to NJPW.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After graduating with a degree in history from Queen Mary University, London, she went on to study journalism at Birbeck University.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Outside of her journalism work Stephanie is also a YouTube content creator<\/a> focusing on AEW and interviewing talent from AEW, WWE, and across the indie wrestling scene. She has also worked for Revolution Pro Wrestling as a backstage interviewer and commentator.<\/p>\n

LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sally Hawkins has finally revealed why she didn’t come back for Paddington in Peru. Last year, Hawkins handed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,379,26344,381,96,2788,1156,26343,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-46930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-16cbd4b7-1bc8-4be2-8929-a388fdcd9d88","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-hasproduct-true","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-sally-hawkins-on-why-she-left-paddington-role","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}