They stop by the diner Do-Nut World first, but Rita the waitress discovers Ulysses who begins to make a mess in the diner. When George arrives to see Flora, he and Phyllis discover Ulysses and he agrees to drop him off while he takes Flora out for the day. She regales her findings to Tootie's visiting nephew William Spiver who suffers from "hysterical blindness" due to stress. Flora quickly discovers that Ulysses is not only sentient, but seems to possess superpowers as well. The next day, Ulysses uses Phyllis' vintage typewriter to type "Squirtel. Flora resuscitates the squirrel and takes to naming him after the vacuum. A regular squirrel is sucked into it just as the machine dies.
Their hardships have caused them to separate.įlora's next door neighbor Tootie experiences trouble with her Ulysses brand vacuum that begins running amok in her yard. Her father George is a failed comic book author who has since taken a job at an office supply store called Binders Keepers overseen by his boss Chad while her mother Phyllis is a romance novelist who had won an award in the past, but has since hit writer's block. Tomorrow, February 19th, the wait is finally over as Disney’s Flora & Ulysses will be making its debut exclusively on Disney+.Flora Buckman is a cynical 10-year-old girl who likes to get lost in the world of superheroes from the comics she reads. From this, she was able to create an award-winning story that is now a feature film! While it’s very thrilling, it’s still a fun story! As it is proof that inspiration can come from anywhere! Including a strange mix between a vacuum cleaner, an ailing squirrel, and an evil cat. So what happened to the actual squirrel? She gave us the answer! “The squirrel left when he heard my friend saying, ‘Whack him over the head with a shovel,’ you know?” I thought about ways to save the squirrel’s life and I combined it with the vacuum cleaner in the garage, and that’s the story.” How he’s going out to feed a pig and thought about ways to save a pig’s life. I will come over there and whack him over the head.’ All of this made me think about, um, E.B. There’s a squirrel dying on my front steps.’ She said, ‘Do you have a T-shirt and a shovel?’ I said, ‘I do.’ She said, ‘Get the T-shirt, get the shovel. ALSO SEE: LENA KHAN TALKS ABOUT HER NEW COMEDY-ADVENTURE FROM DISNEY’S FLORA & ULYSSES I called one of my best friends who lives a block away.” Matilda Lawler as Flora and Ulysses the squirrel in FLORA & ULYSSES, exclusively on Disney+. He wouldn’t move when I got close to him and I didn’t know what to do for him. Draped dramatically across the steps, clearly in distress. “Then the spring after my mother died, there was this squirrel on the front steps of my house. Every time I pulled into the garage, I would see the vacuum cleaner, and it would make my heart hurt.
I couldn’t bring the vacuum cleaner into the house because of all the Mildew hair in it.
The world’s most evil cat named Mildew, and I’m allergic. I took the vacuum cleaner so that it would have a good home” In the last year of her life, she kept on saying, ‘What’s gonna happen to the vacuum cleaner when I’m gone?’ I was like, ‘Why are we worried about the vacuum cleaner? There are bigger things to worry about.’ But when she did, I did as I promised her I would do. “My mom had a vacuum cleaner that she loved. It was then that DiCamillo shared her story of how the mighty and poetic Ulysses came to be. LRM Online had the privilege of being part of a press conference that featured the cast, director, and author of the book. Written by Kate DiCamillo.īut while we will witness the fictional origin of our new favorite squirrel superhero, where did he really come from? What inspired DiCamillo to bring to life Ulysses in the pages of her book? A book that as mentioned above not only won awards but also now is a Disney feature film?Īhead of the release of Flora & Ulysses this week. You may already recognize the names as the film is based on the Newbery Award-winning book Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. Every superhero needs an origin story right? This weekend the world will finally get to meet the live-action/animated version of Ulysses in Disney’s Flora & Ulysses.
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