This is Robert Downey Jr’s. first post-Marvel Universe project.
Two-time Oscar® winner Jenny Beavan, who worked with Team Downey on both films of the Sherlock Holmes series, dressed the cast of Dolittle
While Robert Downey and Banderas have met over the decades, they’ve never had the opportunity to work together.
Every movie Gaghan had ever written the main character has had a dog. Until now, Holland’s character had to be cut because it was too expensive. People are so familiar with dogs and what their expressions mean a great deal of detailed work needs to be done to make it look believable.
Emma Thompson says, “It is strange doing a voice on a movie because you rarely encounter your colleagues in the flesh.”
Betsy the Giraffe was named after Gaghan’s daughter.