![]() The girls really want to go to a 4*Town concert in "Turning Red."įor "Turning Red," the filmmaking team created a fictional boy band, 4*Town. "As a parent, I wanted to portray friendships that you wish for your kids," Collins said. "Then you have Miriam, who's the friend that just kind of encourages you to maybe break the rules a little bit or try to push against the relationship you have with your parents and is kind of egging you on to do something that's maybe outside your comfort zone."Ĭollins described Priya as the "super chill" and "even-keeled" friend who is always going to be there for you. "You have Abby who's just passionate and will back up no matter what," Collins said. "We wanted each of them to represent a different kind of support for Mei," Collins said, adding that they wanted to make sure they showed a group of girls who were supportive of one another onscreen instead of a mean-girl dynamic to be accurate to the friendships they had growing up. ![]() Mei's closest friends, Priya, Abby, and Miriam, are played by "Never Have I Ever" star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Hyein Park ("Soul"), and Ava Morse ("Ron's Gone Wrong"), respectively. They were the ones that were the people that got you through those moments," Collins said of how they came up with Mei's friend group in "Turning Red." "The we remember the most are the ones that were never stereotypical or mean or catty. "We didn't kind of water it down, preemptively, because I think we allowed ourselves to be a little bit bolder." I think, as a result, more of those choices ended up in the film," said Collins. "There was something about the confidence of having so many women in leadership positions that kind of, I think, let us be a little bit bolder with some of the choices we were making and not second guess it before we even got it through story or through editorial. "It wasn't intentional, but, it's kind of awesome to be unapologetic with some of this stuff and not have to feel at least that we're couching it or worried about it internally," producer Lindsey Collins added. "I think we've all had super embarrassing period stories and that definitely added to, 'OK, we have to have a scene like this in the movie,'" Shi said, adding, "If we're going to be doing a coming-of-age girl story, this is such a pivotal milestone in every girl's life, to have an embarrassing period story. "Turning Red" has a female director, producer, visual effects supervisor (Danielle Feinberg), and production designer (Rona Liu).ĭuring a Q&A session, Shi told Insider it was extremely helpful to have a team largely comprised of women so they could comfortably share their own personal stories of being an awkward teen girl. (From left to right): Production manager Lisa Fotheringham, producer Lindsey Collins, director Domee Shi, visual effects supervisor Danielle Feinberg and associate producer Sabine O’Sullivan talk on their way between meetings on Octoat Pixar Animation Studios. For Mei Lee, in the movie, the red panda is that magical spark that sets off this internal conflict within herself." "Basically, I was being pulled one way, but my duty and my love for my parents was pulling me in another way," Shi continued, adding, "And 'Turning Red' is inspired by this universal struggle of growing up, and figuring out how to handle that push and pull, how to handle honoring your parents, but also staying true to yourself. "She did not understand why I was obsessed with these fictional characters, and why I drew them over and over again in my sketchbook, with their huge eyes, and strange, colorful hair," Shi said. Shi said the two of them did everything together until she started getting older and having interests in anime, comics, and hanging out with friends instead of her mom. "I was always very, very close with my parents, especially my mom, since my dad had to go away often for work. "Like Mei Lee in the movie, I am an only child," Shi said. The mother and daughter in the film are based on director Domee Shi and her mother. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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