"I knew plucky orphan. I knew Swiss," he says of his character, Heidi. "It sounds like anytime I've ever seen a cartoon character dunk an apple in a river and then bite it." The story is mythologizing living in the mountains as well as idealizing off living in the big city according to actor Peter Dinklage.
Heidi, Heidi, Heidi! Everyone's talking about this adorable ragamuffin, a precocious child who lights up every life she touches like a ray of God's perfect sunshine. This week we learn that living in a hut in the Swiss Alps is better than living in a city, and that if you roast a piece of cheese just right it sounds like the best food you could ever eat.
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