“The Pirates!” features Charles Darwin as a main character. How are you preparing for the inevitable Fox News piece about a “supposed children’s movie featuring the controversial Darwin as a hero”?
[Laughs] Okay, the truth is, I like Darwin. I mean, our Darwin, he’s a respectable figure, but we give him such a hard time. All the fundamentalists were delighted because we make him look like a complete ass.
But that requires watching the movie, and they’re not going to do that.
‘Pirates! Band of Misfits’ director Peter Lord on defending Darwin
![What’s the most audacious Wallace and Gromit adventure you haven’t filmed yet?
Oh god! Every time you start a new film, there’s something really, really audacious that you don’t do. I can tell you that for “Grand Day Out,” there was a huge scene that was cut — [a] huge scene, with a kind of diner on the moon with full machines and elaborate sci-fi set piece on the moon, but that never happened.
Aardman Founder and ‘Pirates! Band of Misfits’ director, Peter Lord, on Wallace & Gromit](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m35gfrJmco1qdnmayo1_500.jpg)
