This film is a little different from the other films you’ve made.
There’s a lot of differences with the voiceover, but I had a blast. The whole time, every bit of it was so much fun.  Every time I went out to New Mexico to record with Julia, we had so much fun.

Why’d you go out there?
She had her babies at that time, and she thought it would be more natural.  She lives out there. 

Did you get to know her?
Yeah.

What was she like?
Super nice, always making jokes, very funny.  She’d say, “Go back to your trailer, Wilbur.”  In one line, she catches a fly and says, “It helps everybody in the barn.  It helps the world.  It helps me have my dinner.”  So we had an ongoing joke about the fly.

Is this your first time doing voiceover?
No.  I did young Samson in “The Wild.”  And I do a British accent in a Pooh movie.  I’m a Heffalump.

I don’t think I’ve seen that.  Is that coming up?
No….I think they canned it.

(Laughs).  That has to be discouraging.
Yeah.  It’s happened more than once.

Did you get to meet Dakota Fanning on the set of “Charlotte’s Web?”  Did you hang out?
Yes.  But I’m ten and she’s twelve.

So you feel like she’s a lot older than you?
Well….she’s really tall.

Gotcha.  What was the best part about making the movie?
You know what, everything – everything was so much fun.  Recording it, getting to meet Gary and have so much fun in the studio.  I had a blast.

How did you prepare for the role?
I did parts where I ran around the studio, to get exhausted.  Wilbur runs and jumps, so I had to be out of breath a lot.  Recording is a lot easier, first of all. And it’s fun.  I didn’t prepare for it too much.  I went over the lines, but you can read it when you do it.  And the director will tell you ideas about how to do it.  It’s pretty easy.

Had you already read the book?
I happened to be reading the book when I went for the audition.  I was finishing it.

Did you like it?
Oh, I cried.  “Charlotte’s Web” is so great.

What do you do for school?
I’m home-schooled by my mommy.  It’s great for acting.

Are most child actors home-schooled?
I wouldn’t know.  Most of what I’ve seen is that they’re just out of school with their school teacher on set, which is required.  When they’re supposed to be in school, there has to be a teacher on set.