I had this idea that the best way to deal with Pinocchio was to make him part of a stop-motion movie,” Guillermo del Toro tells Teasers. “Because everybody's on a level playing field. All the characters blend very well with the puppet character.”
As del Toro speaks – on the promo trail during the London Film Festival – he's cradling his leading puppet in his hands. Standing around nine inches tall, the wooden boy loses an eye during our conversation, which fellow director Mark Gustafson – who shares helming duties on the film
