the hunchback of notre dame
Hunchback of Notre Dame pitch meeting
“I’m talking SEXUAL LUST. I’m talking GENOCIDE. I’m talking heavy RELIGIOUS OVERTONES. also there’s gonna be a George Costanza gargoyle for the kiddos”
#so in the directors commentary for the movie#during the iconic hellfire scene where frolo is singing about his evil hard on for esmerelda #the animators were like #‘they’re never gonna green light this segment so let’s just make it as intense as possible bc why tf not’ #and the#the studio was just like ‘yeah sure looks fine’ #and all the animators were like ’????? ’#but then they were like ’!!!!!!!!!!!’
As a child, Esmeralda has arrived in France as a refugee, but she has come a long way since then. She is the coryphée at a prestigious ballet company in Paris and has worked hard to get there despite the prejudice she faced along the way.
She has never forgotten her roots, which is why she’s always in the front lines for every pro-migrant protest and rally, volunteering at refuge camps or being an active member of the social justice community.
Esmeralda loves Paris, but her favourite place in the whole city is definitely the beautiful Notre Dame.
