“"I flew the giant peach across the ocean. I landed on top of the tallest building in the world. I made it! I’m not the one who’s nothing, you are! And I’m never going back with you! Not me and not the peach!"”
―James standing up to Aunts Sponge and Spiker
James Henry Trotter is the main protagonist of James and the Giant Peach. He is an orphaned boy living with his cruel aunts where he accidentally causes a peach to a gigantic state, causing him to embark on an adventure that will change his life forever.
He is portrayed by Paul Terry.
Background[]
Physical Appearance[]
Personality[]
Role in the film[]
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Promotional[]
Screenshots[]
James throwing stones into the sea on the beach near his house.
James pausing in between throws to watch the water ripple.
James getting scooped up by his father.
James and his parents celebrating his birthday.
James making a wish before blowing out his birthday candles.
James and his parents watching the clouds together.
James father challenges him to find a cloud resembling the tallest building in the world.
James searching for a cloud that looks like the Empire State Building.
James immediately after finding the cloud.
James's parents tell him about their plans to visit New York City as a family.
James's father gives him a travel book of New York.
"A city where dreams come true..."
James looking up to the sky in terror.
James watching as the rhinoceros gobbles up his poor mother and father.
A now-orphaned and traumatized James wakes from a nightmare.
James is sent to live with his evil aunts, Spiker and Sponge.
James endures verbal abuse from his aunts, who treat him like their slave.
James dreaming of escaping from his abusive aunts, in exchange for a better life.
"Very far, far away."
James after spilling a bag of crocodile tongues at the base of his aunts' peach tree.
James turns to see the peach grow while Spiker drags him back to the house.
James reaching for the peach as it grows.
James and his aunts watching the peach grow.
The peach gets even bigger.
The peach at its full size.
James sniffs the giant peach while out cleaning up garbage on Spiker and Sponge's property.
James takes a chunk of the peach to eat, inadvertently swallowing a crocodile tongue.
A hole opens in the peach from the spot James took a bite from.
James examining the hole in the peach.
James transforms into his stop-motion form while climbing inside the peach.
James sees the shadow of Mr. Grasshopper.
James sees the shadow of the Earthworm.
James sees the shadow of Mr. Centipede.
James sees daylight after the peach rolls down the hill into the ocean.
James looks out at the massive expanse of ocean.
James dancing with the bugs.
James during "Eating the Peach".
James during "Family".
Trivia[]
- Paul Terry was bitten by the spider during the shooting of the spider scene (in which Miss Spider is portrayed by an actual spider). He briefly gave up acting before landing the role of Joe Parker in Microsoap.
- After his film debut, Terry appeared in the television series Microsoap and later performed as the bass player for indie band Glassapple before becoming a mathematics teacher.
- In the book, James didn't transform. Instead, he remained in his normal human form.
