Director shares what will be the differences between the 2000s design and the first live-action of ‘Lilo & Stitch’; Find out!
The release of one of this year’s most anticipated live-action, ‘Lilo & Stitch’, is approaching! The feature, which will be based on the classic 2000s animation of Disney, brings to the cast Maia Kealha in the role of the Hawaiian little girl, Sydney Agudong as the sister of the protagonist, Nami, and still has the return of Chris Sanders In the voice of the blue alien. The plot gains the direction of Dean Fleischer Campwho in an interview told new details of the production, including the distinctions for the drawing.
This Friday, 09, the filmmaker shared with EW magazine what it is like to assume the adaptation and his view of faithful rereading to the original works, especially taking into account the present times. “The real trick is to try to make a movie that rhymes very well with what people remember the original, without just making an exact mirror from one to one.”
Fleischer Camp He revealed that when adapting Stitch, he always focused on destruction, and his chaotic moments were one of the biggest challenges because “the live-action violence works very differently,” exemplifying the assumption that “in an animated movie, you could have a car accident with 10 really funny cars, but I would challenge any live-action director to do a really funny car accident.”
“We had to soften some scenes that worked well in the animation, but here would not have the same effect, while we created new situations that only live action allows,” the filmmaker added.
The director shared that the new version intends to focus more on the difficulties Nani faces to take care of his sister and the impact of the threat of separation.
“In a live-action movie, if we are going to portray a 6-year-old being torn from his sister for social services, we really need to believe in this relationship. You can’t betray or disguise. You really have to go deep, make these things come true and feel that you are portraying a real experience,” he said.
Finally, he portrayed about the change in the alien characters Jumba and Pleakley that, unlike the animated version of Disney, in which the two wore funny disguises, but kept their alien forms in live action they appear with human skin in part of the movie. According to the director, this was a creative and practical decision, since creating the two entirely in CGI would require a much larger budget, but reassured that the two still appear in their real forms at various times.
“Disney fans are some of the most obsessive in the world. So I think the fact that they are like, ‘But wait! They didn’t show much from Pleakley. Is that a bad thing?’ This is a sign that we get it right in Stitch’s design. Their mood walking through Hawaii dressed in these terrible disguises, where Pleakley still has an eyeball, is a little harder to buy in live action. “
Special Participations
A surprise to fans of the debuted animation in 2002, is that the new film also features special appearances from the original animation voice actors. In addition to Sanders coming back as Stitch, Aunt Carrere (Original Nani), Jason Scott Lee (David) and Amy Hill (Mrs. Hasagawa) Gain special roles that honor their classic versions.
Lilo & Stitch live-action hits world theaters on May 23rd.
Source: Recreio
