Hercules
Is Hercules your favourite film? Here you can find out amazing facts about the film.
1. Hercules was released in 1997.
2. The directors of the film were Ron Clements and John Musker.
3. When Hercules poses for a vase painting he is wearing a lion plet. (It is the skin of Scar). The animator who designed Scar, Andreas Deja also supervised the animation for Adult Hercules.
4. Pain and Panic the shapeshifting minions were originally written as two mythological birds called Hedon and Dicte.
(Photo from: https://disneyexperiences.com/dcl-press/asset/disney-destiny-disney-hercules/)
5. The song 'Zero to Hero' which is an upbeat pop-gospel song was first written as a slow, traditional orchestral march.
6. The animation for the film took one and a half years.
7. Megara is voiced by Susan Egan who also voiced Belle from Beauty and the Beast in the musical adaptation.
8. Hercules has no body hair at all, which saved the animators time and money.
9. The film was nearly called The Adventures of Hercules.
10. The budget for the film was $85 million.
11. Hercules made $252 million worldwide.
12. The song 'Shooting Star' was cut and replaced with 'Go the Distance'.
13. Animators drew 250,000 rough sketches during the production of the film.
14. The character Pain was voiced by the comedian Bobcat Goldthwait.
15. The character Panic was voiced by actor Matt Frewer.
There you have fifteen incredible facts about Hercules. Which one are you most surprised by, let me know in the comments or on social media.
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