While “Inside Out 2” is now the most financially successful animated film of all time, there’s plenty that was left out that could prompt another sequel.
In “The Art of Inside Out 2,” director Kelsey Mann shows characters who didn’t make the second film, concepts that got cut and background about some of the characters who have been added.
Clearly, Anxiety became a key focus for many of the film’s animators. The wild character pops up all over the place and becomes a key player in the story. Anxiety, according to John Hoffman, story supervisor, is an “overeager intern who sees a problem and tries to fix it.”
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From left are Embarrassment, voiced by Paul Walter Hauser, Anxiety, voiced by Maya Hawke, Envy, voiced by Ayo Edebiri, and Ennui, voiced by Adèle Exarchopoulos, in a scene from “Inside Out 2.”
That helps set the tone for the film and shows how Riley, the human who plays host to all the emotions, struggles to get through those tough adolescent years.
Puberty – which becomes a player in the story – is an “intense, inconvenient project that overwhelms the emotions,” according to John West, sets art director.
The concept gets traction at a place called “Puberty Park,” where an emotional roller coaster shares space with the Bone Stretcher ride and Growing Pains taffy and candy shop.
Other theme park-ish ideas include Procrastination Land, which is near Sar-Chasm, and Spinney’s Pizza. The latter (which does get a shot in the film) is named for Caroll Spinney, the Muppeteer who played Big Bird.
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