Orlean said Uggie was a charmer, whose pure heart rises above the petty concerns of humans. “I love that people are responding to it and that we are not too cynical to be touched by the tale of a cute dog doing something heroic,” she said.
Sarah Clifford, who helped train Uggie for the movie, recalled a scene when the depressed and destitute Valentin, played by Oscar-nominated Jean Dujardin, holds a gun to his head.
“There was a take where Uggie actually reached out and tried to pull the gun out of his (Jean’s) hand with his mouth. He put his mouth on Jean’s hand and started pulling his hand. We were so stunned. He wasn’t told to do that,” Clifford said.
“That dog was responding to the actor in an emotional sense. I think that’s a form of acting that was amazing to see,” said Clifford, owner of AnimalSavvy.
On Uggie’s Performance in The Artist
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