![]() Meg is where I live.” Ron and John evidently look at the ground when they audition voice talent so they can just focus on the voice and she thought she had done something wrong and was surprised to get the part. Susan Egan said when she auditioned for the part it was difficult because she was seen as Belle in Beauty and the Beast Broadway. The actors who sat in for Hercules and Megara were even there at the panel! They also shot tons of live-action reference footage of the muses and other elements. CGI was used in his drawing of the Hydra to make it work for the movie. He said “working with Disney is the closest I will get to working with Tom Cruise” and he agreed. Gerald Scarfe came in to add his rock and roll edge to the project. Some say Phil was inspired by animator Eric Goldberg! The design of Hercules was inspired by the actor Robert Mitchum. ![]() Naturally they did all the research Disney normally does taking a trip to Greece to get inspired. This was partly inspired by the grim events of 1994 the team had faced including Northridge Earthquake, LA riots, floods and more. It is true that when you think about Hercules everyone surrounding the lead is a cynical character from Megara and Phil to Hades. The battle of the film was not good vs evil but idealism vs cynicism.” “We didn’t want him to be dumb so we made him naive, simple and earnest. They wanted to create a Jimmy Stewart-type character for Hercules. To get inspiration they watched 1930s screwball comedies by Preston Sturges and sincere films of Frank Capra. The mash up of a lot of different genres was a fun challenge.They wanted to make it into a sports movie.They were huge comic book fans and were excited to bring that world to Disney.They saw Hercules as a superhero and wanted to make Disney’s first animated superhero film.Greek mythology was new to Disney aside from the Pastoral Symphony from Fantasia.Clements and Musker thought they were going to do Treasure Planet, but they were asked to pick 1 out of 30 projects in development first. ![]() It should be noted that director Guy Ritchie and the Russo’s like bringing in talent they have worked with in the past to their new projects, so maybe we see Jason Statham, Charlie Hunnam, one of the Chris’ in various roles.The process for Hercules started in 1993. Again, these names are no confirmation, just something we have heard. Jordan ( Black Panther, Creed) and Taron Egerton ( Kingsman). As for the hero, we had heard names like Michael B. Grande is busy at the moment working on Universal’s 2 Wicked movies, which likely won’t wrap until the end of the year, so there is still a shot she could be considered as Hercules doesn’t start filming until 2024. A little over a year ago we heard the studio wanted to work with superstar Ariana Grande, who would fit the role of Hercules love interest Meg. Sadly, there is nothing official as of yet, but we have heard names of interest floating around during various stages of this film’s development. I think we try to embrace that sense of humor in the remake.“ Who is playing who? What Anthony and I love about the original is how funny and subversive it is. Joe Russo also hinted at a more modern spin on the project saying, “It will certainly pay homage to the original with a more modern spin on it.
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