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Wallace’s dog Gromit was nearly a cat, reveals creator as Aardman turns 50

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Wallace’s dog Gromit was nearly a cat, reveals creator as Aardman turns 50 — Sources: The Guardian

Nick Park began modelling the character as a feline, before finding it too difficult and changing him to a dog The creator of Wallace and Gromit has revealed that the world’s most famous stop-motion animated dog was nearly a cat. As Aardman Animations marks its 50th anniversary, Nick Park, who joined the studio in 1985, told the BBC he had originally modelled Gromit as a feline companion for Walla

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