In writing aboutMoana, you learn a lot.
BUT DID YOU KNOW?…
You’re not the only one upset that there wasn’t more pig.
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“I still have mixed feelings about that,” Musker tells EW.
There were cute scenes that we don’t have."
The pig and the rooster were loosely based on the directors.
Consider their cameo appearances asthese odd eggs inAladdinor two unsettlingly attractive muscle-men inHercules.
“But then the rooster…well, he was not stupid originally.”
3.Mighty Maui, a rough-draft title.
That was the bare bones of it, certainly not much more to it than that.
“There was a time-travel aspect,” the directors say.
“A contemporary kid who went back and discovered his ancestors.
Had an iPhone, all this modern stuff, and then discovered this ancient culture.
We did not do that story.”
“You’re Welcome” was conceived as Moana’s song.
“Plus, it gave [Lin-Manuel Miranda] way more to write,” Musker adds.
Maui’s tattoos are the most classic Disney characters in the movie.
Who knows, maybe you’ve heard of them.
Thank Pixar (partly) for that gorgeous ocean.
We’ve never seen that!'"
Musker beams, “Out of that, we decided to build up those parts.
How can we get the ocean more involved?
We looked for ways to enhance and fold in more beats with the ocean.
It’s so unique to this movie.”
The film’s songwriting team was modeled after the success ofThe Lion King.
“‘I get a chance to do ‘Les Poissons’ in reverse!'”
Miranda told Clements and Musker, later tweeting that he’d subtitled the song “Sebastian’s Revenge.”
There’s an Italian porn star named Moana.
Maybe this one isn’t really a fun fact.
