Brave centers on Merida (Kelly Macdonald), a Scottish princess who isn't your typical regal figure. Here's what director Mark Andrews had to say about the character below.
""She's your anti-princess. She isn't your typical princess. She doesn't wear nice clothes except in a couple of scenes when her strict mom, Queen Elinor, makes her do it for special functions. She's an active and action-oriented person. She wants to get out in the outdoors of the Highlands, escaping from castle life and exploring the woods."
Actress Kelly Macdonald reveals she was drawn to the role after a trip to Disneyland, when she realized her Merida character would be on display at the theme park after Brave's release.
"I just thought, 'My goodness! There's eventually going to be a Merida doing her thing up there.' The people that they cast to be the characters and wear the costumes at Disneyland have to do the accent, so somebody at Disneyland is going to be doing me. Some American girl will have to do my accent. It kind of blows my mind, really."
Brave was released June 22nd, 2012 and stars Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, Sally Kinghorn. The film is directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell.
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ROFLitschristian
@ghostman I don't hate Ratatouille, it's just my least favorite Pixar film. The whole rat in the kitchen story never sparked anything.
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Ghostman
Wait what?! You hate Ratatouille @ROFLitschristian i didn't like it at first, but i've grown accustom to love it since I'm a food/culinary arts freak :D
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Ghostman
Actually @ROFLitschristian I'm 18, bad at math as you can tell :/ haha
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ROFLitschristian
@ghostman So you're like 17? Cool! Were around the same age.
It's definitely not Pixar's best but not the worst. To me the worst was Ratatoullie.
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Ghostman
@ROFLitschristian Same here when I was like 12 back in 2006 :P I just think it's not Pixar's best or brightest (*cough*Mater) but it's geared more towards the little kiddies and doesn't have that emotional impact like Up, Toy Story films, and WALL-E do. It's about as good as A Bug's Life :)
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ROFLitschristian
@ghostman Uhh I happen to like Cars buddy. :P
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Ghostman
@bawnian-dexeus@moviegeek Same here, i was thinking the same thing when I saw the 6th picture. @ROFLitschristian looks better than Cars 2 that's for sure.
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Bawnian©-Dexeus
@moviegeek I agree
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Mr_Jellyfish
Looks awesome. I can't wait!
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moviegeek
Yayyy :D The animated Braveheart.
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ROFLitschristian
This looks to be one of Pixar's best to date!
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