Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)

When ready to film, handlers brought the cat to the set in his carrier. They took cat out and placed him on his mark on the table. The handler adjusted his position by using clicker cues and rewarded him with treats. On action, they cued the cat to stay on the table.

In the scene where the little girl looks out the window and sees an owl on the neighbor’s roof, this was filmed on stage. Prior to shoot, action was discussed between production, handlers and American Humane Society Rep. Prior to shoot, the owls were unloaded from the vehicle and brought to set. They placed owl on treehouse. On action owl looked at trainer who crouched under camera so it looked like owl looked at camera. Very easy shoot.

In the scene where the actress walks onto a movie set, someone hands her a tortoise and she hands it to someone else, prior to filming the trainer showed the actors how to handle the tortoise safely. When ready to film, all cast were in position. They practiced this a few times to ensure everyone was comfortable to pick him up, hold him and pass him safely while trainers observed. They shot it with a Steadicam and tortoise was taken back to holding area afterward.

In the elaborate scene where the actors congregate in the backyard of a party and the dog jumps into the swimming pool and a man runs and jumps into the pool and rescues the dog and hands the dog to the owner, this sequence was filmed over a couple days. Prior to shooting, the dog was led to set by the trainer using a collar and lead. On the set, the actor waded into the pool. The trainer stood at the side of the pool. When the cameras were ready, the trainer handed the dog to the actor who carried the dog against his chest into the canter of the pool. On action, the actor lowered himself down into the water, and he let the dog swim in front of him. The dog swam towards him for one foot. The actor picked the dog up in front of him and waded out of the pool up the pool steps. The actor carried the dog out of the pool and onto the pool side. He handed the dog over to an actress who held the dog then handed the dog on to an actor who stood behind her. As soon as cut was called, the trainer stepped in and took the dog from the actor and wrapped her in an absorbent towel.
There are several scenes through the movie where we see dogs in the background, trainers were on set to make sure background actors knew how to handle dogs.