The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film) the film – stemmed from the company's domestic partnership policy and gay and lesbian theme days at Walt Disney World. Gary Trousdale also claimed that Southern Baptists were outraged over the casting of Demi Moore as Esmeralda, as she had just come off of the controversial "Striptease", in which she played an exotic dancer. Disney officials would not comment on the motivation for the religious content displayed in the film beyond comments on the subject included in the film's press kit with Disney vice president John Dreyer commenting, "The film speaks for itself." Nevertheless, there was praise from religious organizations
Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) woman in her 20s, not a 16-year-old girl as in Hugo's novel. Among the actresses who have played her over the years are: Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) Esmeralda , born Agnès, is a fictional character in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" (or "Notre Dame de Paris"). She is a French Roma girl (near the end of the book, it is revealed that her biological mother was a French woman). She constantly attracts men with her seductive dances, and is rarely seen without her clever goat Djali. She is around 16 years old and has a kind