Signed by Mark Dindall in the early 2000s and considered by many viewers to be one of the funniest Disney classics of the studio, Cuzco, the Megalomaniac Emperor tells the story of the ruler of the Incas, selfish and full of himself. , who plans to build his new vacation home in St. Nice little village place.
Unfortunately, transformed into a llama by his rebellious advisor, he is then forced to work with Pasha, a peasant from the hill he intended to destroy, to restore him to his original form.
As fans of the enchanted studio no doubt know, this Disney production unlike any other was not a smooth ride. Indeed, it was originally conceived as a much more serious and epic film (in the tradition of Pocahontas, for example), equipped with Sting’s original soundtrack and the so-called kingdom of the sunThis project is inspired by the novel The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain is visibly upset by the departure of Roger Allers, co-director of The Lion King, who was due to sign on for the feature film.
Left alone at the controls of the ship, Mark Dindall decides to turn the musical mural that was supposed to be Cuzco into a completely insane cartoon comedy. So the script has been significantly altered to become the story we know today… except for one small detail: the final scene of the film.
At that time, Cuzco, instead of curtailing his ambitions and building a simple country house on a neighboring hill, certainly spared the village of Pacha, but built his palace by destroying a large part of the tropical forest.
conclusion which Based on a Collider articleIt was simply unacceptable for the singer Sting, the composer of several songs in the film and very involved in the field of ecology.
As he said then, according to the website NMEThen the artist presented an ultimatum to the directors of Cuzco:
“I wrote them a letter and said, ‘If you do this, I’m resigning because it’s the complete opposite of what I’m fighting for. Build a theme park on them. I will not be complicit in this.”
Therefore, the final sequence of the film was changed to offer the audience a real one happy endin which we can see Cuzco and Pacha enjoying a pleasant summer on their hills.
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