Paddington Bear to 32 Windsor Gardens near Notting Hill. While there is a real Windsor Gardens off Harrow Road between Notting Hill and Maida Vale (close to the location as described in the books) the Windsor Gardens in the book is fictitious and does not resemble the real road. Paddington frequents the nearby Portobello Road market, where he is respected by the shopkeepers for driving a hard bargain. When he gets annoyed with someone, he often gives them one of his special "hard stares" (taught to him by Aunt Lucy), which causes them to become flushed and embarrassed. Paddington's adventures usually arise
Imelda Staunton 2010. Recent film roles include the 2008 movie "A Bunch of Amateurs", in which she starred alongside Burt Reynolds, Derek Jacobi and Samantha Bond, and the character of Sonia Teichberg in Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock" (2009). Staunton provided the voice of the Talking Flowers in "Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland" (2010), and played one of the lead roles in the ghost film "The Awakening" in 2011. In 2014, she co-starred in "Maleficent" as well as the British comedy-drama "Pride". In late 2014, she had a voice role in "Paddington", a film based on the Paddington Bear books by Michael Bond.