SIR BEN KINGSLEY TOOK I T LYING DOWN

2 The Boxtrolls aren’t loved by the residents of Cheesebridge, who think the creatures steal both their dairy products and their kids. The child theft part is, of course, a lie, but it’s a belief pest catcher Archibald Snatcher uses to his advantage when he wants to increase his social standing in the town.

After his memorable turn in Iron Man 3, Sir Ben Kingsley is back on bad- guy duties as Snatcher, and he played it rather easier than you might expect. “I lay flat, I had a seat that pushed me right back so that my voice could come from a very relaxed body,” he recalls. “I tried to make my voice as elastic as possible. I lengthened vowels beyond their normal length in certain words. There are things that I can do in an animated film that, if I were in a naturalistic film, would not be acceptable.”