Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park solves mystery for fans - ahead of Christmas Day film Vengeance Most Fowl
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Nick Park, the man behind one of Britain's best loved duos - Wallace and Gromit - has revealed the mystery behind one of the character's most lovable traits. Christmas Day sees the popular pair back on screens in a new feature film, Vengeance Most Fowl - 35 years after they were first seen in A Grand Day Out.
![[The animation series, first filmed using stop-motion plasticine models, has changed a lot since it first aired more than 35 years ago - but some things remain (Nick Park pictured next to Wallace and Gromit models in November)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/11/93193961-14197511-The_animation_series_first_filmed_using_stop_motion_clay_models_-a-54_1734694958676.jpg)
The animation franchise, initially filmed using stop-motion clay models, has changed a lot over the years as technology has evolved - though the characters' quirks, including Wallace's love of cheese, has remained. Park, founder of Aardman Animations, recently revealed to Metro the real reason Wallace can't get enough of that Wensleydale.
![[Park has admitted he now 'cringes' at 'how dirty the plasticine is, and the shapes of noses' in the first film]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/11/93193839-14197511-Nick_also_admitted_how_now_cringes_when_watching_the_show_back_a-a-52_1734694958570.jpg)
Revealing the tale behind the endearing plot staple, Nick, who first conjured up the characters while at university in 1989, said: 'As a student, I wanted him to go to the moon with Gromit, but I couldn’t think of a reason.'. ‘It was more in retrospect, because I did the first scene last and I just – “Of course, the moon’s made of cheese!” And then it became an obsession in all of the films.’.
![[The moon, which featured in the first film, A Grand Day Out, explains Wallace's love of cheese, says the character's creator]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/11/93194229-14197511-The_creator_of_the_famed_series_Nick_Park_recently_revealed_to_M-a-51_1734694958570.jpg)
Park also admitted how he now 'cringes' when watching the earliest attempts at stop-motion filming - a lengthily production that involves taking snapshots of each second of movement, back. He said he laughs at 'how dirty the plasticine is, and the shapes of noses' in the first incarnations of Wallace and Gromit.
![[Fans of the show have for long obsessed over the character's obsession for fromage, or to be more precise, Wensleydale]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/11/93194235-14197511-Fans_of_the_show_have_for_long_obsessed_over_the_character_s_obs-a-55_1734694958736.jpg)
The man behind Wallace and Gromit has revealed exactly how Wallace cam to love cheese so much. The animation series, first filmed using stop-motion plasticine models, has changed a lot since it first aired more than 35 years ago - but some things remain (Nick Park pictured next to Wallace and Gromit models in November).
![[Making a big comeback for the animated duo, Vengeance Most Fowl will premiere on Christmas Day on BBC iPlayer and BBC One]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/11/92326729-14197511-Making_a_big_comeback_for_the_animated_duo_Vengeance_Most_Fowl_w-a-56_1734694958900.jpg)
