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James Cromwell Gets Emotional While Talking About How He Came Up With His Famous ‘That’ll Do, Pig’ Line In Babe



James Cromwell is one of Hollywood’s most revered actors with multiple acclaimed films under his belt, including L.A. Confidential, The Green Mile, and The Queen. However, for Millennials and Gen Zers, he will always be the stoic and warm sheep herder Arthur Hoggett from the Oscar-nominated film Babe. He delivered the childhood classic’s most iconic line “That’ll do, Pig.” Decades after spouting the famous line (and his previous ringtone), the Oscar-nominated actor got emotional while revealing how he came up with the quotable line.

His emotional delivery was something otherworldly for the Babe star as he reviewed his career and activism with CBS Sunday Morning. Cromwell revealed the scene where Hoggett tells the title character he did a respectable job took one take. He recalled after closing the gate he had an idea of how he wanted to make the moment memorable. While viewers connected with the sweet line, the scene pulled at his heartstrings in a different view as he looked into the camera and didn’t see himself, but his father.

I looked down, and I didn’t see me. I saw my father with the makeup, which is aged slightly, and the sideburns. And although I said, ‘That’ll do, Pig. That’ll do,’ what I heard was, ‘That’ll do, Jamie. That’ll do.’ I got an acknowledgment from my father through my own performance, for finally, finally showing up ready to work. Giving, not in panic, not in anger. Just be there.



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