For more than one hundred years, the amazing artists, storytellers, and creatives at The Walt Disney Company have been entrancing audiences worldwide. From the silver screen to the small screen, they’ve given us a litany of lovable, memorable characters, many of whom have risen to the status of cultural icons.
You might think you know them, but there’s more to these classic characters than what fans see on the screen. Have you ever wondered about how they were created? Who helped bring them to life? Did you know that the wicked Sea Witch Ursula was almost voiced by one of the Golden Girls? That Sheriff Woody of Toy Story was originally a villain? Or that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, almost had a part in The Great Mouse Detective?
In Main Street Gossip: The Inside Scoop on Your Favorite Disney Characters, Shaun Jex (writer for Celebrations Magazine and creator of the Make Mine Music blog) explores the stories behind 50 of the most beloved Disney characters of all time.
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