Frozen won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature and became the highest-grossing animated film before the remake of The Lion King took that position in 2019.
Frozen 2 revives the story of princesses Elsa and Anna as they continue on the journey of finding their own self, by tracing their past and piecing it together with their present.
"Making the sequel was extremely challenging. We wanted to have our characters go to a different place and go outside of Arendelle. And we knew we wanted to have new characters to expand this world a bit," Buck said.
"The challenge is how to stay true to the characters and let them grow. We have a map going on in our head of all these things," he explained further.
Buck continued, "When ‘Frozen' came out, it wasn't just our movie but the movie of the world. That was exciting to us and but that comes with a lot of expectations for the sequel. But truthfully, we agreed that we would keep that pressure outside the room and build ‘Frozen 2' the same way we built ‘Frozen', which is really talking about character first and then plot and then having the songwriters get involved and let the songs come from the story,"
To this, Lee added: "It was the exact same team who built ‘Frozen' and we made a pact that we're going to build it exactly as we did the first one. The challenges were much greater in terms of where do you go from here. But you have the foundation of these characters. The characters were a little bit of us and we all knew them so well.
Like every animated film, even Frozen 2 has a message for children. This one is about change. It’s not just about good vs evil but about fear and love.
Buck elaborates, “The thing I love about my characters is that they never give up, no matter how many challenges we throw at them. They're incredibly strong. I think that's a really powerful message for everyone, not just young people. The first one looks at that through being different and I think the second one looks at that with change. Change is one of the hardest things in life to cope with. The fear of change can make you not act on the thing that's most important to you. So, that ‘s the rustle of love and fear.”
The Hollywood version had voiced by Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel as Anna and Elsa respectively. Frozen 2 movie will release in India in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu on November 22.
