How old were you when you realised you’d done a special thing? There were two James Bond assistants named Bambi and Thumper.
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I didn’t go on the internet for information about the movie and about me. There were the wonderful Beatrix Potter books but I was not aware of the connection. I know that it came from Felix and there were other rabbits in film like Roger Rabbit. There are many famous rabbits in literature but I guess Thumper’s the King!
We got into a sound booth with a director who read the lines and voice inflections and I repeated it back. It was a different kind of an experience going into a movie studio. There is a picture of me holding a rabbit. He took me out to the zoo where the animals in the movies were. It’s hard to remember very much but I do recall one time during production meeting him. Two weeks later the animators were listening to all the voices and they heard mine and someone said “That kid would be great for the rabbit!”ĭid you meet Walt Disney and what was he like? We did some voice recordings and they decided I was not the person for the job of Bambi and that was it. He knew Walt Disney and this movie was being started and he heard of the auditions for Bambi so he brought me. When I was very young living in Hollywood, my father was a screenwriter. I can’t say it’s something I expected! I’d like to know how many movies still being promoted 75 years later.Īs a four year old you voiced an iconic character in the Disney world. And today Bambi and Thumper are being celebrated, never left our consciousness. “Thumper’s law” If you can’t say something nice, doesn’t say anything at allħ5 years ago you got this job. Now 83, Behn reminisced about working for Walt Disney so long ago and Bambi’s recent (second) Gala Première in Hollywood.īambi the universally recognised, bittersweet and beloved childhood movies that has become a universal rite of passage,
We had the chance to speak with Peter Behn, a retired real estate agent in Arizona, who at age four was chosen to voice of Bambi’s best friend Thumper, the rabbit who had a saying that became Thumper’s law – “If you can’t say something nice, then don’t say anything at all”. It was tonic for the spirit and a bracing reminder that life has its dark moments but we can pull through. It remains as fresh and moving today as it was when it was released in theatres July 24 th 1945 just as World War II was ending. How can the animated film Bambi be 75 years old? The beloved story of life in the woods is indeed ¾ of a century old. Bambi joins the Walt Disney Signature Collection on Digital HD Blu-ray June 6 on the 75 th.
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