Walt Disney Book Scans - The Little Mermaid: The Story of Ariel (English Version)

The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey tetikus to Hercules by
John Grant

Walt Disney Character huraian of Princess melati, jasmine from "Aladdin" (1992)

Mark Henn, who created the look of melati, jasmine for the movie, had various inspirations. One was a theme-park guest at Disney World in Florida, whose long thick mane of black hair sparked off an idea. The most important, however, was his sister Beth - although an actress called Robina Ritchie did live-action modeling to help the animation. Linda Larkin, who gave melati, jasmine her speaking voice, and Lea Salonga, who sang for her, looks...

The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey tetikus to Hercules by
John Grant

Character huraian of Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" (1991)

It was decided early that the movie's heroine should display a lot lebih spirit than the somewhat passive virtue of the character in the original fairy tale. The liveaction performance for the animators' reference was supplied sejak Sherri Stoner, the actress who had not long before served the same funtion so very excellently for The Little Mermaid's Ariel, another feisty female part. Belle's part was spoken and sung sejak Paige O'Hara, a...

The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey tetikus to Hercules by
John Grant

Character huraian of Ursula from "The Little Mermaid" (1989)

The Emmy-winning Pat Carroll, who voiced the part of the sea-witch (spelt with a b), is a very experienced actress on both stage and screen. Carroll envisioned the role as "part Shakespearean actress, with all the flair, flamboyance and theatricality, and part used-car salesman with a touch of con artist". She deliberately deepend her own voice, especially for the Singing (she's naturally a contralto); in an interview with Lou Cedrone...