00:02I love the smell of toner in the morning.
00:03Thomas Popper is a divorced father consumed by his career.
00:07You don't want to disappoint them.
00:08When did I ever disappoint anybody?
00:10My worst day.
00:12Ow!
00:12Until one day...
00:14Thomas!
00:15Your father sent you a souvenir.
00:16Where was he?
00:18Anadrika.
00:19He receives an extraordinary gift.
00:23He sent me a light penguin.
00:24When Popper's Penguin is joined by five more...
00:27What the...
00:28His personal and professional life is turned upside down.
00:32I don't like you.
00:33I don't need you.
00:35I don't want you in my life!
00:39Hey, kids.
00:40It's nice, huh?
00:41A little fresh air?
00:41He's gone insane.
00:44Pull yourself together.
00:46Your house is full of penguins.
00:48Oh, no!
00:54We went behind the scenes to get a look at the star.
00:57Make that six little stars that made this one memorable movie-making experience.
01:04Action!
01:05When the penguins got to set, they sure had a lot to learn.
01:08These penguins have not been in any other projects.
01:11This is their first role, which makes it interesting.
01:13There's something great about the live penguins that they're barely controlled chaos.
01:18Yeah, Pippi.
01:19Mr. Popper.
01:20I'm not coming into work again today.
01:21I have a pest problem.
01:23Good thing you have such a nice fridge.
01:25I had a nice fridge.
01:27They were running around, and it was pretty crazy.
01:29And some of the trainers went, oh, my goodness, we're in trouble.
01:37Like all actors on the road to Hollywood fame, they had to start with the basics, like getting
01:42into character.
01:43Do they have names?
01:44This one's...
01:45Loudy, Lovey, Stinky, Bitey, Nimrod, and Captain.
01:49And that was just the beginning.
01:51Training them was a lot of fun.
01:53And we went into a whole process of positive reinforcement.
01:56A penguin's favorite reward is fish.
01:59Okay, don't crowd me, don't crowd me.
02:00I just roll around and fish, and they would follow me around.
02:06Next, a team of trainers taught them how to hit their mark.
02:09The trick was to give them places where they could go where they felt safe.
02:13Open the pen up, and the birds just walk out.
02:16They know to go to the mark.
02:17They get their food, and then they just stand there.
02:21Because nobody bothers them on that mark.
02:24After a few days on set, they had no problem making some demands, like keep it cold.
02:29Places coming together, huh?
02:31Or apart.
02:33It doesn't matter how freezing we are, it needs to be cold for the penguins.
02:37They're the stars.
02:39With so much attention from the cast and crew, they quickly got comfortable living the good
02:43life.
02:44They have like a really easy life.
02:45They get all this fish, and all this stuff, and all they do is like go and stand on the
02:49mark.
02:50I know.
02:50Normally, you'll see them take a nap from noon to four.
02:56Only the biggest fish.
02:58You know, they don't like little fish anymore.
02:59Sometimes they got a little too comfortable on set.
03:02This is like having, you know, like six toddlers who are not potty trained.
03:08Of course, in the end, they didn't let all that attention go to their heads.
03:12The penguins were great with the actors.
03:14They're really, really fun to work with.
03:16And these six little penguins became the most popular stars on the set.
03:20I've had a really good time with them.
03:21I kind of can't stay away from them.
03:23It's really difficult to be unhappy around a penguin.
03:26Don't miss Mr. Popper's penguins waddling into a theater near you.
03:31Step, ball, change.
03:32Step, ball, change.
03:33Word.
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