Mr. Centipede is one of the deuteragonists in James and the Giant Peach. He is a giant talking centipede who joins James Henry Trotter in traveling to New York City to escape from his abusive aunts.
He was voiced by Richard Dreyfuss, and Jeff Bennett did his singing voice.
Background[]
Personality[]
Mr. Centipede is a giant centipede who can be very loud, rude, and a common annoyance to his insect comrades. He often butted heads with Mr. Grasshopper, as he was always condescending towards him and always liked playing jokes on Earthworm. However, deep down, he has a good heart who cares very deeply about his friends, especially James whom he acts like a father towards and to Miss Spider whom he harbors romantic feelings for.
Physical Appearance[]
Mr. Centipede is a gigantic centipede with orange skin, blue eyes, twelve arms, and two legs. He wears a hat, a white with overalls, and brown boots.
Role in the film[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the book, he did not smoke.
- In the book, he wore boots on all of his limbs.
- In the book he also had 42 limbs while in the film he has only 12 limbs.
- In the book, he became the Vice-President-in-Charge-of-Sales of a high-class firm of boot and shoe manufacturers in New York City while in the film he entered the race to become mayor of the city.
