The Sunday Times
December 9, 2007
Stephen Armstrong
Perhaps in the same way that dog-owners grow to resemble their pets, when you meet Nick Park, you are instantly reminded of his genial creation Wallace. Park smiles gently, speaks softly and seems astonishingly shy for a four-time Academy Award winner who signed a three-picture deal with Sony in April. He offers tea and biscuits, and seems proud of the children’s toys, soft chairs and doodled pictures that dot his chaotic office. Then, 10 minutes later, he turns into an ogre.
“Did you blow a whistle?” he yells at Dave Riddett, director of photography at Aardman, the animation company with which Park works. Dave shakes his head meekly, and Park swipes the model sheep that Riddett has been carefully moving around a version of Wallace and Gromit’s village. Park then produces his whistle, delivers a triumphant blast in Riddett’s face and hollers: “I’m a-rustlin’!” It just goes to show how dangerous board games can be
想想也是，圣诞就在拐角，5000套还不一抢而光。只好放wish list里等了。谢谢cava.
