Upside Down 2: Anxiety Could Have Been a Very (Very) Different Movie, But Pixar Ended Up Rethinking It

Currently in theaters and breaking all records, Vice-Versa 2, the sequel to 2015’s Vice-Versa, has become Pixar’s biggest hit in just three weeks.

In the program, we meet new characters in Riley’s head who, as he grows, develop more and more of his personality and experience new emotions, in addition to what we met in the original film. Among them, anxiety is at the center of the story, which has since captured the hearts of viewers. But did you know that its original appearance was completely different?

In an IGN video posted on TikTok, the film’s director, Kelsey Mann, revealed the character’s original design, a far cry from what we’ve seen. On the contrary 2.

At first, the anxiety was more like a strange monster, like Godzilla, that grew bigger and bigger as Riley’s anxiety waxed and waned if she could control it. In another version, the emotion appeared disguised.

Check out these designs in the video below:

“This is a very old painting I did about anxiety“, explain Kelsey Mann in the video. “It comes small, but the more you fight, the worse it gets. And then I thought, “Oh, what if he actually grew up?”“. He continues by showing a smaller version of the emote: “It was my version of the epilogue, where after he learns how to deal with her, he shrinks down to the right size, and it’s so cute!“

Then he goes to his disguised version: “There was a version of Anxiety where he pretended to be someone else. She appeared as a character named TIA, with the name “Transitional Integration Advisor” on her business card. That was his name. And he was hiding who he really was, which was anxiety, so he was a bit of a fraud?“

“It was fun, but a little confusing, and we thought, “Why doesn’t it show itself as anxiety?” We didn’t need that twist and all that– he finally concluded.

In the comments, TikTok users were impressed by previous versions of the character. “I like the first one better, honestly, it’s a very clever way to show anxiety“, emphasizes one Internet user, while another declares:I think the design and original idea would work really well for the character.“

remind you On the contrary 2 It follows Riley, now 13, who is going through a very difficult pre-adolescence period. At the same time, they destroy the control room in the girl’s head to open up new emotions. The familiar Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Loathing have successfully ruled the control center for years, but don’t know how to react when new tenants enter the building, including terrible anxiety, along with envy, boredom, shame, and nostalgia.

Vice-Versa 2 is currently showing at a theater near you. As for the original movie, it’s still available to stream on Disney+.

A similar article has already been published on our Brazilian site Adorocinema.com.