it’s possible for you to thankJosh Gadfor sparing a generation of children deep emotional scars.
“Jenn and I started recording the dialogue and I couldn’t get through it without sobbing.
Jenn is many incredible things, but a good liar is not one of them.
Josh Gad and Olaf in ‘Frozen’.Credit: Jesse Grant/Getty Images; Disney
That’s when he “knew we still had a long road ahead.”
The firstFrozenfilm premiered in 2013 to uproarious critical andcommercial success.
“I got to the studio and Jenn slow-rolled me into the day’s material.
‘Frozen 2’ characters Elsa, Sven, Olaf, and Anna.Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Everett
As I looked at the scene, the first thing I saw was ‘Olaf begins to flurry away.’
‘Anna sobs’ and ‘Olaf looks to her for help.’
I looked at Jenn.
Olaf melts in ‘Frozen 2’.Disney
‘Wait are we…?’
With tears in her eyes, she nodded her head and said, ‘Yes.'”
“By the end of the recording, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.
She couldn’t tell if we were recording a sequel toFrozenorSophie’s Choice,” Gad jokes.
Neither could test audiences for the original cut of the film, apparently.
That’s the scene that made it into the film.
“Come here, I’ve got you,” Anna says, swooping Olaf into her lap.
