Pocahontas (1995 film) character flowered into the idea of a grandmotherly spiritual adviser to Pocahontas. Because of Katzenberg's opposition to having Grandmother Willow in the story, Joe Grant assisted fellow veteran story artist Burny Mattinson with coming up tree puns such as "My bark is worse than my bite", "The roots of all problems", and "They're barking up the wrong tree." Mattinson reluctantly added them to his pitch for the next morning, and during the story meeting, he exclaimed, "Everybody loved it! All of a sudden: 'Oh, I want her in!' 'Let's build her part bigger!'" In September 1992, Disney began casting actors
Jeff Ratcliffe Jeff Ratcliffe Jeff Ratcliffe (born March 15, 1976 in Coquitlam, British Columbia) is a former lacrosse player for the New York Titans and the Philadelphia Wings in the National Lacrosse League. Ratcliffe attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Ratcliffe was a first round draft pick in the 2001 NLL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Wings, and played for seven seasons with the Wings, being named to the All-Star team in 2004. After the 2007 season, Ratcliffe was released by the Wings, and signed by the New York Titans for the 2008 NLL season. Ratcliffe played one season in New