The Wild Robot is one of the best movies of the year, and we have an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip to mark its digital release in the UK.
The critically-acclaimed animation is still out in cinemas if you prefer the big-screen experience, but you can now also buy or rent The Wild Robot right now from Prime Video, iTunes, Microsoft Store and other digital retailers.
Heartstopper star Kit Connor voices Brightbill in the movie, an orphaned goose who becomes the adopted son of service robot Roz (Lupita Nyong'o).
In the exclusive clip, which you can watch above, Connor praised the cast of the movie, which also includes Bill Nighy as wise elderly goose Longneck and Mark Hamill as grizzly bear Thorn.
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"Brightbill kind of teaches Roz kindness and love. Their relationship is obviously mother and son. It's exploring how Roz finds a bit of a family on this island and Brightbill quickly becomes her purpose," Connor noted.
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"I'm really getting major, major imposter syndrome because the cast is so, so good."
Nighy added: "It's always humbling when you come at the beginning of an animation and you do some of the voices, and then you come back and they've animated stuff.
"The background is impressionistic, but then the creatures are very, very defined. It's a killer combination."
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The Wild Robot debuted with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating following its world premiere in Toronto in September.
It still stands at a very impressive 98% rating with 226 reviews, and you can expect it to feature heavily be in this year's awards race.
The Wild Robot is out in UK cinemas, and also available to buy or rent from Prime Video, iTunes, Microsoft Store and more in the UK.
Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
