Producers Yvett Merino and Brad Simonsen on the Once Upon A Studio short, hearing Richard Sherman re-record "Feed the Birds," and the magic of Disney.
The Big Picture To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Walt Disney Animation Studios, the short Once Upon A Studio is nearly 10 minutes of utter joy, getting to watch an all-star cast of beloved animated characters interacting with each other.
YVETT MERINO: If it makes you feel any better, we still get choked up, and we’ve seen it 400 or 500 times. Since we’re celebrating 100 years of Disney magic, what makes being a part of Disney storytelling magical to each of you? How were first made aware of this short and what was your reaction to learning about what it would be? It feels like such a tall task to take on so many animated characters in such a short amount of time, so were you ever worried that this just wasn’t going to work? SIMONSEN: We had finished Encanto and we were both starting other things, and we saw the pitch. Dan and Trent pitched the studio after they pitched , and we both saw it at the same time and we both asked to be on it.
SIMONSEN: Because of that inspiration that Yvett was talking about, how we literally were all inspired by peeking into and seeing behind the scenes on stuff, we wanted to make it something incredibly special for the audience and inspire them to be that next generation and feel like we did back then, getting a peek behind the curtain. We wanted to make it feel magical.
SIMONSEN: And I would just give a shout-out to Howard Green. He was like, “Hey, we’re gonna go have lunch with Richard Sherman for his birthday and we’re gonna tell him about the short.” Dan and Trent got so excited that we were like, “Well, can we show him the short?” This was a year and a half ago, and we showed him the short in the Team Disney building, and he was just so gracious and so fun. It was after that, walking back, where it all started to come together.
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