53 facts about the "Cold Heart" that you did not know

To all fans of the "Cold Heart" is dedicated!

1. Initially, Elsa was conceived as an evil character.

2. Director Jennifer Lee became the first female director of the full-length animated film of the Disney studio.

3. The names Hans, Kristoff, Anna and Sven were given to the heroes in honor of the author of the fairy tale "The Snow Queen" Hans Christian Andersen.

Hans Kristoff Anna Sven

If you pronounce their names quickly, you will get close to the sound of the name of the writer.

4. For American actress Kristen Bell, who voiced Anna, the role in the film was not the first experience with frozen objects. While studying in high school, she worked part-time in the company for the production of frozen yogurt TCBY.

5. Since the 1940s, Walt Disney himself wanted to create a cartoon based on the fairy tale "The Snow Queen". This inspired the creators of the "Cold Heart".

6. To think through the design of the palace of Elsa to the smallest detail, the production group went for inspiration to a hotel made of ice.

7. And here's how the trolls from the cartoon looked in the book:

8. Since the release of the cartoon, the names Elsa and Anna have become very popular for newborn girls.

9. Little Anna in the film was voiced by a young American actress Livvie Stubenrauch.

10. To develop the film began with his ending.

11. Beach from the scene with a song "Summer" - a reference to a funny advertisement of sunscreen firm Copperton.

12. On the Internet there is a large fanfic community dedicated to the alliance of Elsa with the main character of "Dream Keepers" Jack Frost.

13. Above the stage, where Elsa erects her castle, about 50 animators labored.

14. At the end of the final credits, a report was published that the Disney company does not approve of eating goats.

15. And the names given in the clause on the random nature of coincidences belong to the children of the crew who were born during the production of the film.

16. In order to enrich the script with Norwegian words, accent and phrases, the filmmakers employed a professor of Scandinavian mythology at the University of California, Los Angeles, Jackson Crawford.

17. During the episode of Elza's coronation, guests can see Rapunzel and Flin, the protagonists of the animated film Rapunzel. Complicated story".

18. Anna's horse is called Citron, which means "lemon" in Norwegian.

19. Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and in general most of the cartoon heroes in the original tale of the Snow Queen are not present.

20. In March in Boston, two firemen sang "Let Go and Forget" to calm the girl who got stuck in the elevator.

21. If you look closely, then on the shelves in the "Oaken Trader's Trade Shop" you can see a small figure of Mickey Mouse.

22. The filmmakers also consulted star stylist Danilo about the hairstyle for Elsa.

23. The picture, before which Anna poses in the gallery of her palace, is nothing more than a reference to the "Swing" of the French painter Jean Honore Fragonard.

24. In order to most accurately reflect the snow-covered mountain landscapes in the cartoon, its creators went for inspiration to Norway.

25. Rosemeiling - the traditional Norwegian folk art, which represents a combination of colors and geometric patterns. It was this design that was chosen for the costumes of the main characters. And the print itself acquired unprecedented popularity after the release of the cartoon.

26. A limited series of dolls by Anna and Elsa was sold for 10 thousand dollars on eBay.

27. In the history of Disney's cartoons, Anna became the only princess who fell in love with Prince Hans's villain. With it, she sang the song "This is my love."

In her defense, you can say that she did not know that he was a villain.

28. The film crew specifically traveled to the Jackson Hole, Wyoming Valley, to experience how the human body reacts to the cold.

29. Producers insisted that India Menzel and Kristen Bell, voicing Elsa and Anna respectively, read their scenes together. Thus, they had to achieve a truly sister relationship. In animated films, simultaneous scoring is a rarity.

30. Olaf's dance in the scene with the song "Summer" is a reference to the dance of penguins Bert from "Mary Poppins".

31. After the release of the picture in Norway, the influx of tourists has sharply increased.

32. In search services, ticket inquiries to Norway also increased 1.5 times.

33. The seller Oaken most likely was conceived as a character of non-traditional orientation.

When he shows Anna a photograph of her family, she can see a man and four children of the seller on it. However, when representatives of the company Disney were asked if they intended to create Oaken gay, they did not confirm any speculation about this. At the same time they made it clear that everything that was reflected in the cartoon film was made.

34. In order for Elsa's hair to move as naturally as possible during each movement, the animators had to develop a separate program.

35. There are about 420,000 locks in the Elsa spit, each of which moves.

36. This is 15 times more than in the hair of Rapunzel.

37. The prototype for the character of Kristoff was the representatives of the small Finno-Ugric people of the Saami, the indigenous inhabitants of Northern Europe.

38. The American actor, singer, director and composer Santino Fontana, who voiced Prince Hans, also previously auditioned for the role of Flin from Rapunzel. A confused story, "but never got it.

39. "Cold Heart" became the highest grossing animated film in the history of Disney.

40. In order to accurately reflect the character of Sven and his habits in the cartoon, the animators brought a living deer to the studio.

41. The idea of ​​a chocolate composition for Anna was taken from the kingdom "Sweet Fast and Furious" in the cartoon about Ralph.

42. In order to complete the work on the longest frame of the cartoon, it took 132 hours.

43. In order to understand how the shape of the snowflakes is formed, the effects team consulted the professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology Kenneth Libbrecht.

44. Such a profession as the cutting of blocks from the ice thickness actually exists to this day. In the cartoon was very accurately transmitted.

45. When creating the cartoon film crew used about 312 layouts. This is much more than was used for any other Disney film.

46. ​​During the cartoon show in Florida, a two-minute porn movie was accidentally launched.

47. Initially, the voice of Elsa was approved by Megan Mallalli, known for the series "Will and Grace."

48. Initially, the cartoon was to be released in 2D format.

49. At first, the prototype for Elsa's image was to be Amy Winehouse.

50. And she looked like this:

51. Originally the deer was not Sven, but Thor.

52. The animation team has developed a whole program to generate snowflakes, in order to create 2 thousand absolutely different forms of snowflakes.

53. The English version of the song "Let Go and Forget" - "Let It Go" - was written in a week.