Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
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- Peter Pan (Robin Williams) has grown up to be a cut-throat merger and acquisitions lawyer, and is married to Wendy's (Dame Maggie Smith's) granddaughter, Moira (Caroline Goodall). Captain James Hook (Dustin Hoffman) kidnaps his children, Jack (Charlie Korsmo) and Maggie (Amber Scott), and Peter returns to Neverland with Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts).
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Apr 24, 2023 · Captain Hook has his hook affixed to his left hand because Dustin Hoffman is right-handed. However, in Peter Pan, the play, and the novel Peter and Wendy, Captain Hook is missing his right hand and often uses his hook as a weapon.
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Hook: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins. When Captain James Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.
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- Dustin Hoffman. If you were shocked to learn that it was The Graduate actor Dustin Hoffman under that wig and mustache, you were definitely not alone. He totally embodied the character of Captain Hook.
- Robin Williams. The world was shocked when Robin Williams took his own life in August 2014. The late actor played a grown-up Peter Pan who is forced to return to Neverland to rescue his children who were kidnapped by Captain Hook in a plot to lure Peter back.
- Bob Hoskins. Bob Hoskins played Captain Hook’s loyal sidekick Smee in the film. Following his appearance in Hook, he worked in both film and TV movies. He portrayed several historical roles like Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, and Nikita Khrushchev.
- Amber Scott. Most remember Amber Scott as Maggie Banning, Peter Pan’s daughter. She also sang the film’s theme song, “When You’re Alone,” which she actually performed at the 1992 Academy Awards after earning a nomination for it.
- Captain Hook - Dustin Hoffman. Dustin Hoffman gave a memorable performance as the title character in Hook, who kidnaps Peter's children in order to lure his old nemesis back to Neverland for a final showdown.
- Tinkerbell - Julia Roberts. Julia Roberts lit up the screen with her million-dollar smile as Tinkerbell, playing the spunky fairy who helps the middle-aged Peter return to Neverland and recover his memories—as well as his flying and fighting abilities—before confessing her long-unrequited love.
- Jack Banning - Charles Korsmo. Charles Korsmo played Jack Banning, son of Peter Banning/Peter Pan. After abducting him, Captain Hook sought to play on Jack's sense of anger with his workaholic father's absence.
- Granny Wendy - Maggie Smith. Dame Maggie Smith played "Granny Wendy," the grandmother of Peter's wife, Moira, and secretly Wendy Darling from the traditional Peter Pan tale.
After a three-year acting hiatus, he starred in the comedy Tootsie in 1982 as a struggling actor who pretends to be a woman in order to get an acting role. He returned to stage acting with a 1984 performance as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman – Hoffman reprised the role a year later in a television film.
YearTitleRole1967Hap1967Benjamin "Ben" Braddock1968Jason Fister1969Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" RizzoNov 7, 2018 · How Gwyneth Paltrow got her part. If you haven’t seen Hook in a while, you may have forgotten that a young Gwyneth Paltrow is seen at the end of the movie, playing a young Wendy. According to an interview with Steven Spielberg in Entertainment Weekly, Paltrow is actually Spielberg's goddaughter.
Aug 7, 2021 · After Dustin Hoffman’s Captain Hook has been defeated, and it is time for Peter Banning to leave Neverland with his son and daughter, he does not fly away without naming one of the Lost Boys...
