History WhatCouldHaveBeen / Encanto

* The creative team considered using Disney's version of WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} [[https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/50130/1002590814/original/1002590814-photo-u-1712146987 in "Surface Pressure"]], but by the time that lyric was written, most of the character models were already built, and with no additional time or budget, they would've had to sacrifice one of the animal models to make Hercules for what would be a one-off joke.

* The artbook reveals that a former story idea was presumably an Franchise/AliceInWonderland-esque plot where an unnamed young woman received a magical door knob in the mail that brings her to an unexpected world.

* There was a [[https://www.tumblr.com/clownmoontoon/704902835282853888/i-have-been-perceived-qvq?source=share&_branch_match_id=782292000519316433&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAw3DUQqAIAwA0BPNfQnRbdSGCs45W0q3rwevmI37RAzm7OHYpkvCmJrsziLd%2FlihhEUQiToMmonqogt0KR6b%2Fctbc2b9ALe5xqRKAAAA scene]] of Alma grounding Mirabel after the failed proposal dinner.

* [[https://phoenixlionme.tumblr.com/post/670415469117882368/now-that-i-see-it-i-wished-they-kept-her-tooth Mirabel originally had a tooth gap]].

* There was a [[https://www.tumblr.com/clownmoontoon/704902835282853888/i-have-been-perceived-qvq?source=share&_branch_match_id=782292000519316433&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAw3DUQqAIAwA0BPNfQnRbdSGCs45W0q3rwevmI37RAzm7OHYpkvCmJrsziLd%2FlihhEUQiToMmonqogt0KR6b%2Fctbc2b9ALe5xqRKAAAA scene]] of Alma grounding Mirabel after the failed proposal dinner.
* Concept art of [[https://twitter.com/Crystal_blue_89/status/1615068565253619720 Mirabel]].

* Stephanie Beatriz was initially considered to play Luisa due to the directors being familiar with her performance of [[ContraltoOfDanger Rosa Diaz]] in ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', but ultimately offered her the role of Mirabel after discovering she is much bubblier in real life.

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[[caption-width-right:350:ConceptArt and Archetypes of the Madrigal Family.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:ConceptArt from back when Mirabel and Bruno were cousins]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Concept art from back when Mirabel and Bruno were cousins]]

* There was a [[https://www.tumblr.com/clownmoontoon/704902835282853888/i-have-been-perceived-qvq?source=share&_branch_match_id=782292000519316433&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAw3DUQqAIAwA0BPNfQnRbdSGCs45W0q3rwevmI37RAzm7OHYpkvCmJrsziLd%2FlihhEUQiToMmonqogt0KR6b%2Fctbc2b9ALe5xqRKAAAA scene]] of Alma grounding Mirabel after the failed proposal dinner.