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| "Producing the film in Disney’s last vestige of quality traditional animation, its studio in Australia, Pimental brought aboard lead Disney animator Andreas Deja (Scar from The Lion King, Jafar from Aladdin, Gaston from Beauty and the Beast and Lilo from Lilo & Stitch) as animation consultant. “I thought, maybe if we brought Andreas, he could give some talks about anatomy and animation, and also be a source of inspiration for them and be somebody the could go to with questions.”
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Deja’s initial reaction to the concept was less than whole-hearted excitement. He admits, “I wasn’t that enthusiastic about it and I basically told him, ‘who needs another Bambi?’ But I took a look at the story reel and I thought it was amazing. It was truthful to the characters, and it wasn’t trying to be hip or modern.”
So how did Deja tackle the remake of a classic? “It’s a different challenge. I always thought that when it comes to animation, nothing could be more difficult than animating Bambi, because of the realism involved and the subtleties. You wonder as an artist, ‘Can you do this?’” |
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