We have shared with you numerous parts from a Question and Answer session with the “Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure” Director Klay Hall and Producer Sean Lurie. You can check out the last section we posted here.

Below is the fifth section of that session:

Q: What is your favorite scene from the Tinker Bell movie?

Sean Lurie: I love the scene where Terence is helping Tink build the scepter, and over a period of time gets on her nerves. It’s a very relatable scene with lots of humor. The acting in this scene is very good and funny. We are also both very fond of the Trolls scene. It’s a great thing when you can take very unappealing (looking) characters and make them some of the most charming characters in the film.

Q: How did you manage the evolution of Tinker Bell as a character regarding the original personality she had in the 1953 movie?

Klay Hall: It was a challenge and an honor to work with this iconic character, Tinker Bell. She actually originated in the early 1940s and was inspired by the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio. Over the course of the next 13 years, Walt and his team went through many variations of Tinker Bell, finally landing on the Marc Davis design. So in that 1953 movie, they had her design but they were still working out her personality and character. She was feisty. She was hot tempered. She was jealous. And she made mistakes. This is what I loved about her character and wanted to embrace because it made her feel real and relatable. It’s okay to get upset and to make mistakes. It’s also great to realize those flaws or those mistakes and to be able to apologize for them.

Q: Sean, what is the most fun thing at Disney for you to do as Producer for Tink’s dazzling new adventures?

Sean Lurie: Klay and I had such a great time working on this movie. We laughed a lot while trying to come up with funny business in the film. We had a very talented crew on this film. Working with John Lasseter has also been tremendous. He’s a genius! Doing interviews like this is a lot of fun too.

Q: Mr. Lurie, how does it feel to create a new and modern brand for such a classic character?

Sean Lurie: It’s honor to work on a movie about such an iconic character like Tink. We’ve been thrilled to be a part of something that so many people care so much about.

Q: Can you talk a little bit about the look of this film and what inspired it?

Klay Hall: Certainly the inspiration comes from the original 1953 Peter Pan movie. The colors and the richness of the backgrounds from the original film were embraced. What was great about this time is we were able to give it a fresh look and able to incorporate CG. We were able to enhance the textures and the hues to really give it the richness we felt it deserved.

Q: Both of you have two sons like me. With the emphasis on the Terence character, is part of the priority for you to make Tinker Bell more interesting to boys?

Sean Lurie: Our objective was to create a film that had a broad family appeal. We wanted to create a movie that the whole family would enjoy, including our sons.

Q: Mr. Lurie, how has been your experience working in two different animation studios as producer?
Sean Lurie: I have been fortunate to have such great filmmaking experiences in my career. One of the great things about being at Disney is the broad support of the studio. It’s amazing how many people across the world can interact with the Disney magic in so many ways. Our focus as filmmakers is on telling great stories knowing that Disney will support those stories across the company. Disney Animation is also very film maker driven under the leadership of John Lasseter and Ed Catmull. They give us the opportunity to create great stories and solve story problems. They empower the team and are very supportive in this process.

“Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure” is releasing to Disney Blu-ray and DVD on October 27th! Will you be picking up a copy?

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