Kristen Bell wanted to redefine Disney princesses with Anna in 'Frozen.'

How Kristen Bell transformed Anna into an unconventional Disney princess



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[jpsarver]

The way this color and fabric drapes off the shoulders and the hair pushed back. Supreme elegance.

[Urza.]

I can’t believe it’s already over ten years since this movie came out

[anastasiarivera]

That's wild to hear that Anna's character was so intentional bc I literally shifted my mindset to relentless optimism after watching this movie and loving Anna's outlook on things! 10 years later and that's still how I view the world!

[Mistydayze]

I’m a grown woman and my mind never took that dirty

[PinaII]

Her live, over the recording, was spot on perfect!

[shiracortez]

Anna holds such a special place in my heart i remember seeing the movie for the first time and crying at the beginning bc i had never seen a sibling relationship like mine before in media and her relentless optimism and open heart despite losing everyone she had ever loved in one way or another means so much to me even now. Like yes she made a lot of big mistakes in trying to find connection but she never stopped trying or believing that the love she deserved was out there. A lot of Disney princesses deal with difficult themes, but I love the way Frozen explores Anna’s fundamental grief not obstructing her hope and empathy ❤

[christinarohlf]

For me, it almost seems more of a stretch that it was an intended joke. " Why have a ball room, with no balls? " Seems pretty on point. Why have this grand luxurious thing you never use? (Looking at you Gramma's China set 👀)
Hearing the " no balls " as a double entendre just makes me think of the boys in 5th grade who would use any excuse to make something dirty lol.
However, I found Anna and Kristoff's banter about how well she knew Hans, pure comedic gold.

[chrissybutterfield]

I love it when the creators admit later that they are slipping jokes in that are inappropriate for kids movies.

[candacemackintosh]

Anna is so innocent that I never took this differently ❤

[Shahrezad]

As someone whose personality was basically Anna and Rapunzel mashed together (with a little dash of Belle in the mix, o' course) THANK YOU. Thank you so very much for creating a Princess that wasn't "Perfect" but was just herself. ☺️❤️

[cryptidnip]

“How did we get that joke in there?” Because disney has always had adult jokes and this one is *absurdly* tame.

[bbyhailz]

Wow, I feel so dumb. I never even understood there was a joke in there.😅

[FloatingOnAZephyr]

The lyric makes perfect sense without making it smutty.

[Francine]

It's a children's movie. It never entered my mind that a ballroom with no balls, meant anything other than dancing 😂 😂

[luzarredondo]

She’s the reason I love Anna as a character!

[DustyStarrs]

I never EVER in a million years thought the ballroom line was intentional lmaoooo

[JustMakayla]

I remember watching this in the theater with my big sister. It one of our favorites to this day.

[YayItsCaroline]

I wish I could go back in time and watch this movie again for the first time. I don’t remember the last time I felt such magic.

[sophialucero]

For a long time I thought it was “why have a ballroom with no bars” and I was like “🍹yup, exactly”

[mariagabbott]

To the offended people in the comments, do you realise you hold balls in a ballroom? Kids will either get the double inuendo or not, and if they do...that's just kids being kids, but they won't know whether it's intentional or not 😂