Ben Whishaw makes promise to Paddington fans over Aunt Lucy

Fans volition find retired what happened to Aunt Lucy successful the adjacent Paddington film, according to Ben Whishaw, who stars arsenic the dependable of the marmalade-loving bear.

The 3rd movie successful the franchise, Paddington successful Peru, volition beryllium retired aboriginal this year.

It follows Paddington's instrumentality to the South American state to find his beloved Aunt Lucy, voiced by Imelda Staunton.

Asked whether helium could committedness viewers would find retired what truly happened to Lucy, Whishaw said: "Yes."

"You volition find out," helium told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

But erstwhile asked if helium could uncover Lucy's fate, helium responded: "No, I perfectly cannot archer you."

The archetypal 2 films were based successful London, aft Paddington fled Peru - wherever helium grew up - due to the fact that of his location being destroyed by an earthquake.

In the trailer for the caller film, which was released successful June, we spot Paddington permission London to return.

However, erstwhile Paddington reaches the Home for Retired Bears wherever Aunt Lucy is meant to beryllium staying, she's not there.

Olivia Colman, an summation to the cast, who is known to young audiences for her relation arsenic Mrs Scrubitt successful Wonka, stars arsenic a guitar-playing nun who works astatine the home.

She tells Paddington and co that Aunt Lucy is "on immoderate benignant of quest".

He past embarks connected a ngo to find her, with the assistance of a vessel captain, voiced by different newcomer, Antonio Banderas, who was the dependable of Puss successful Boots.

"I deliberation it's a truly beauteous movie and I'm truly excited for radical to spot it," Whishaw said. "It's gorgeous."

Hugh Bonneville, Dame Julie Walters, Madeleine Harris and Samuel Joslin besides instrumentality successful the caller film.

But Sally Hawkins has handed the relation of Mrs Brown to Emily Mortimer.

Whishaw starred arsenic Q successful the James Bond films and appeared successful the TV adaptation of This is Going to Hurt

The actor, 43, is present appearing successful a caller West End accumulation of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot.

He has credited the play with encouraging him to driblet retired of assemblage much than 2 decades agone and survey acting instead.

He volition prima other Lucian Msamati, who has antecedently appeared successful Game of Thrones and Gangs of London.

The production, directed by James MacDonald, is moving astatine the Theatre Royal Haymarket successful London.

Paddington successful Peru hits UK and Irish cinemas connected 8 November