Dartmoor Zoological Park, Sparkwell, Nr. Benjamin is the CEO of the charity and continues to live on site with his two children. It was a series of life-changing circumstances that led to Mee buying the zoo. Mee, 46, a freelance journalist, and his wife, Katherine, had been living in the south of France with their children, Milo, now 10, and Ella, eight. Benjamin Mee has been grieving the loss of his wife, Katherine, for six months. When his year-old son, Dylan, is expelled, he decides to make a fresh start by buying a house.
Benjamin tours many homes with his 7-year-old daughter, Rosie, and his realtor, Mr. Benjamin wrote a book about what happened: We Bought A Zoo. Last Updated: 21 days ago — Co-authors : 15 — Users : 5.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Home Answers About. This zoo and these animals are her whole life. Johansson notes that Kelly is, initially, somewhat wary of the Mee family.
However, Kelly begins to see Benjamin take control of different projects and he seems to be totally dedicated and keeps sticking around. Through his apparent dedication she starts to believe in this guy and thinks, maybe this could be different. It deals with overcoming your own fear. It has a lot of those gritty, real-life qualities that makes it reminiscent of the classic films of the s. People have such an expectation of her being the femme fatale.
In this film she really gets to show another side. Kelly is going to fight to save that zoo and its animals. Among other things, the film is about two characters who both love the zoo. And out of that comes this really genuine thing between them, which by the end of the movie, probably becomes something else. Despite his doubts, Duncan supports his brother. But he has great affection for the kids and for his brother and ultimately his priority is their health and happiness.
The 28 year-old actor — who was only 16 at the time of Almost Famous — notes that although he and Crowe kept in touch after that seminal experience, it had been a few years since they had spoken. But as soon as we started getting into the scenes, it was like I was 16 again. Fugit plays Robin Jones, one of the zookeepers and its resident craftsman and handyman. Dylan is like an exotic creature to her.
Lily tries hard to impress Dylan. He really cares about the animals, which is why he so carefully scrutinizes the Mee operation. When Crowe saw MacFadyen in his wardrobe for the first time, he was wearing a jumpsuit, and Crowe thought he looked like Pete Townsend.
So Peter became his first name. And MacCready with a different spelling is the last name of Mike McCready, the lead guitarist of the rock band Pearl Jam, about whom Crowe had recently completed a retrospective documentary.
To portray the Mee children, the filmmakers conducted a nationwide search and online open casting call before eventually deciding on Colin Ford, and relative newcomer Maggie Elizabeth Jones, both natives of Atlanta, Georgia. Rosie is played by Maggie Elizabeth Jones, who recently made her acting debut in Footloose. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Trailer 1. Clip Featurette We Bought a Zoo. Video Photos Top cast Edit.
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