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MEET THE MADRIGALS – Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Encanto” introduces the Madrigals, a compelling and complicated extended family who live in a wondrous and charmed place in the mountains of Colombia. But, it really is one of the most joyful, cool parts of this movie. And the animators did just an incredible job with it.” ENCANTO DIRECTOR REVEALS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND EACH OF THE MADRIGAL’S MAGICAL POWERS And it’s really also sort of a metric for how the family is doing, ultimately, throughout the movie. But it sort of is, a communal, kind of beloved family member by everyone. Like, it has different relationships with each person in the family.

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And as we’re trying to crack the character of this house, what was it gonna be, how was it gonna act? We really landed on the metaphor of this house behaving like the family dog. You sort of have emotional attachments to the house. “From very early on, Byron and Jared knew that this house was gonna be magical, and alive, and joyful, and we wanted it to really reflect the family that lived in it. All Rights Reserved.ĭuring the Encanto press conference Charise Castro Smith revealed the inspiration for the personality of the Madrigal’s home. Filmmakers liken the house to a loyal pet-it is part of the family. HOME SWEET HOME - The Madrigal’s casita in “Encanto” is more than a house-it’s alive-embodying the same magic that has blessed the Madrigal children for two generations. But beyond the magic the Madrigal’s home has a unique personality of its own throughout the film. The house in Encanto is tied to the Madrigal family through the magic that created their home and gifts nearly every member of the family with a power.

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Smith was a producer on Netflix’s hit horror series The Haunting Of Hill House. RELATED: ENCANTO: LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA REVEALS HIS FATHER’S INFLUENCE ON THE FILM AND BREAKS DOWN HIS WRITING PROCESS FOR 2 NEW SONGSĮncanto co-writer and co-director Charise Castro Smith is no stranger to houses with strong personalities. The Illuminerdi was able to attend the Encanto Virtual Press Conference with the filmmakers as they talked about the inspiration for different aspect of the family’s magic in the film. When the magic is threatened Mirabel begins to search for what is affecting the family’s magic and how she can fix it. Encanto is Walt Disney Animation Studio’s 60th canonical animated film continuing the legacy that Walt Disney himself began over 80 years ago with Snow White.Įncanto tells the story of the magical Madrigal family each of whom is bestowed a magical gift except for Mirabel.

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