It’s nice to see a puppet wrangler get her due. The LA Times has an article about the wrangler who maintains the Beaver puppet in The Beaver.
The new film “The Beaver” stars Mel Gibson as a mentally ill man who begins to speak through a battered hand puppet that he retrieves from a dumpster in a moment of despair. Although the controversial star made a point to puppeteer the beaver himself, on the set, puppet wrangler Anney McKilligan Ozar was tasked with grooming the creature’s fur and even brushing its prominent teeth.
Read the full article Working Hollywood: Puppet master reveals her secrets for ‘The Beaver’ – Los Angeles Times.
