9 times your favourite Disney characters were almost entirely different

The Genie was originally green. WHAT

1. Frozen's Elsa was initially evil


Frozen's Elsa was originally meant to be the villain, but writer's decided against it after considering how isolated her character would be. Mind = blown. Screenwriter Jennifer Lee discussed in The Art of Frozen that Elsa wasn't initially related to Anna, and that the first script painted her as an antagonist rather than protagonist, but they eventually decided to focus on the girl power instead and wrote Hans' character in. Oh IMAGINE.

2. Aladdin's Iago was meant to be British

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In a life changing turn of events, the Aladdin filmmakers initially wanted Jafar's parrot Iago to have a British accent and explain in the commentary of the DVD why they decided against it. Instead, Gilbert Gottfried's distinct tone voiced the parrot instead.

3. The Little Mermaid's Ursula was a scorpion



Although it's common knowledge that Ursula was inspired by Baltimore drag queen Divine, Bustle report that animators apparently had loads of separate designs before they decided on that one - including a manta ray or a deadly scorpion.

4. 101 Dalmatians' Cruella De Vil was young and beautiful



According to Style Noir, Cruella was originally a young and beautiful fashionista, with the character being based on the idea of a wealthy heiress who is obsessed with wearing everything she wants, whatever the cost. It was only when animator Marc Davis came on board that she became older and more ragged.

5. Aladdin's Genie was GREEN

Wait wait wait, what? In early drawings, the Genie was originally green, and it was only when the late Robin Williams was on board that the design was swapped to blue and animated to look more like the actor. 

6. Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear was called Larry


As well as originally looking TOTALLY DIFFERENT, Buzz Lightyear was originally meant to be called Lunar Larry, but it was later changed by Pixar to honour astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.

7. Toy Story's Woody was an evil ventriloquist dummy

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Although it's not clear who the original artist was for Toy Story,  Disney Pixar released the first animations from the film earlier this year to celebrate their 20th anniversary.Woody was apparently meant to be the bad guy - and started off as an antagonistic ventriloquist dummy, which might be why he looks so bloody scary.

8. Aladdin was super young



According to the DVD commentary, Aladdin was initially going to look a lot younger and more of a tween than an adolescent - it was only when they wrote in the full extent of his romance with Jasmine that filmmakers decided he should be older. He was then based on a young Tom Cruise rather than actor Michael J. Fox.

9. Princess Aurora wore brown

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Princess Aurora originally wore far more plain and fairly boring clothes which reflected the time the animation was made in the 1950s. Buzzfeed reckon it was only later than animators decided to put her in a floor length pink dress with off the shoulder details.

Minds = blown.

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