Get ready for a new and brighterDumbo.
“Walking on set was jaw dropping,” Farrell tells PEOPLE of the new film. “Tim’s vision for this world and his honoring of not only the purity, but the true strength and resilience of children was like nothing I have been a part of in film before.”
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DeVito echoes Farrell’s thoughts, admitting that he was happy to see Burton take helm of the story. The actor has worked with Burton on two films before and jokingly callsDumbothe end of the “circus trilogy” between the two. DeVito previously played the Penguin inBatman Returnsand ringmaster Amos Calloway inBig Fish.
“I was so excited when I found out that Tim was gonna do it,” DeVito tells PEOPLE. “He captured the charm of the original that we loved and he kept all the values of the story, and what happens when you’re born different. It’s always been perfect for me that movie, with Mrs. Jumbo and Dumbo and the resolve at the end. And I didn’t know what to expect when I read the script — it’s so embracing all those things, but it’s taking it a step farther in the aspect of freedom.”
“It was always one of my favorite Disney stories and one I had fond memories of,” he admits. “It’s a very sweet story, and also very simple and primal — I think that’s why people like it so much. It’s about an outsider, someone who is misperceived, and I’ve always been drawn to stories like that.”
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As for the story, the newDumbofollows a family circus that sticks together after Farrell’s character comes back from war to raise his kids following his wife’s death. He then juggles taking care of his two kids while also dealing with the grief of losing his wife. DeVito plays the ringleader of the bunch.
source: people.com
