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
Barry Ratcliffe many others. He also appeared in the reality series "Transamerican Love Story" with Calpernia Adams, and the Country Music Group Video of the year, "Every Day", by Rascal Flatts, "Warning" by Green Day, and was chosen America's Most Eligible by "Extra" in 2007. Barry Ratcliffe Barry Joe Ratcliffe (born March 6, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, and television and film producer in reality, and commercials. Ratcliffe was born in Glade Hill, Virginia. He started his career as a detective in the SIU (Special Investigations Unit) for 5 years on the CBS show "Nash Bridges" with Don Johnson in San