We chat with RubyGillmanTeenageKraken co-director Kirk DeMicco about subverting expectations and legends, the movie’s Ariel-esque mermaid, and more:
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is a fun new offering by DreamWorks Animation that turns the myth of a historically frightening sea creature on its head. In this story, krakens are far from the ship-crushing monsters they are widely known to be; it turns out the most terrifying denizens of the deep are none other than the mermaids. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken rounds out its retelling of a longstanding myth with another tale as old as time: that of a teenager trying to navigate high school.
Kirk DeMicco: Subverting expectations is sort of the history of DreamWorks, from that ogre to the Kung Fu panda, but one was really particular in the sense [of] subverting that kraken, which has never had a good day in all of history. We couldn't find one [positive reference], really, since Scandinavian folklore.
Kirk DeMicco: I'm so happy you said that, because that is the most important thing, really, to me. We cast Toni Collette and Jane Fonda for that very reason. The mother/daughter story in this was--when I worked on Croods, it was a father/daughter story, and this was an opportunity [to do a mother/daughter story].
You mentioned DreamWorks films kind of subverting expectations. Films like Shrek also traditionally have spoofed Disney a little bit. You have a mermaid that looks very familiar. What did Ariel ever do to you? We always said it was like we wanted Ruby to meet a girl having her best day when Ruby is having her worst day. [We wanted to explore] that contrast of images, and I think that what the animators found is almost like a musical number, the way this whole town falls for her incidentally, because they're all under her spell. We used to have this conversation of, like, “Well, maybe she glamoured them and stuff.
The new DreamWorks title card at the front of this really reminds you of how rich the universe is. We love shared universes these days. Is there another DreamWorks world or property you feel like would be a perfect crossover for Ruby Gilman?
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