Fire fears water, and Disney fears hot girls: this is how director Robert Zemeckis explained why the company refused to make a sequel to 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit. According to him, the corporate culture simply would not tolerate the participation of sexy characters like Jessica Rabbit.
In a recent podcast Happy Sad Confused, the director spoke about the difficulties he experienced while writing the script for the sequel to the cult film. The draft of the sequel was left gathering dust somewhere on the shelf, since Disney flatly refused to release such a film for a modern audience. The company's attitude to the image of Jessica Rabbit is well demonstrated by her figure in Disneyland, modestly covered by a yellow coat.
Today's Disney would never make Roger Rabbit today. Look what they did to Jessica in the theme park. They dressed her in a trench coat.
The director said that the release of the original Roger Rabbit took place during a period of financial crisis in the studio, when it was ready for any experiments. In the current conditions, Disney is in no hurry to take risks for the sake of creativity.
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