In 'A Grand Day Out,' Wallace builds a rocket ship that takes him and Gromit to the moon. Later, it became clear to me that the character was based on my father. So in a sense, I was writing my own story. It's the case in Chicken Run too. My family raised chickens, and my sister and I wrote stories.
Childhood is a rich source for our work.
The clash of wills between Ginger and Rocky is taken seriously as well as satirically. Which means doing everything I tell you. I asked the animators if that kind of teamwork summed up the experiences Aardman had with Hollywood. But the story of Chicken Run is a bit parallel to how the film was made, with the British chickens looking for help from an American. I'd better not say more than that.