Summary
A deleted scene fromInside Out 2reveals one of the movie’s cut emotions for Riley. Continuing the story from the first movie, the sequel follows Riley as she goes through new emotions associated with puberty. Since its release earlier this year,Inside Out 2has done well among both criticsand audiences. It has set the record as the highest-grossing animated feature film of all time, passing other hits such asThe Super Mario Bros. MovieandIncredibles 2. At the time of writing,Inside Out 2has grossed over $1.6 billion.
As perEntertainment Weekly, an exclusive deleted scene has revealed one of Riley’s emotions that did not make the cut for the film – Shame. In the sequence, Riley goes to a party with her newly made hockey camp friends. From there, Shame takes over during a game of Never Have I Ever.
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In conjunction with the scene, director Kelsey Mann explained that the scene originally acted as the “climax” of the film. In an alternate world,Inside Out 2would have included “Anxiety and Shame together” as “Riley’s shame [gets] out of control.” Check out the full quote from Mann below:
I wanted to explore that feeling that you’re not good enough, that feeling that you’re really hard on yourself. It really comes out in this scene. This was a scene that’s near the end of the film. It’s the climax.
In this version, you’ll see Anxiety and Shame together. They’re kind of a pair in this one. And we got drawn into this idea of Riley’s shame getting out of control, causing a storm. There is an element here that is still in the final film, but rather than a shame spiral, we ended up making it really about Anxiety. It just simplified the film and put the focus on one character — the character of Anxiety, versus having this split focus between Anxiety and Shame.
What Other Emotions Were Cut From Inside Out 2?
Inside Out 2 Could Have Included Many Emotions
As Mann outlines,Inside Out 2ended up transforming its Shame-filled climax into an Anxiety-riddled panic attack. Mann is right that this move “simplified the film,” as taking out Shame allowed for Anxiety to become the dominant new emotion inInside Out 2. Mimicking Anxiety’s frenetic nature, much ofInside Out 2moves at a breakneck pace. Adding Shame to this, even working in tandem with Anxiety, could have risked dampening the film’s emotional impact, as it could have become more overwhelming than realistic.
Shame was far from the onlyemotion cut inInside Out 2. Before the release of the film, Mann and his team revealed thatInside Out 2was initially supposed to have nine new emotions. Concept art revealed one of those emotions to be Guilt, which would have been symbolized by “a giant luggage cart like at a hotel.” Accompanying Guilt and Shame would have been Jealousy, Awe, Nostalgia, and Schadenfreude. These canceled emotions were eventually deemed too much for one sequel to include.
Inside Out 2’s Cut Emotion Character Proves That Pixar Has Learned A Much Needed Lesson
Inside Out 2 introduces new, more complex emotions to Riley’s mind, but the director decided to remove one that would have made the movie too dark.
Though theInside Out 2team did not go with all of these new emotions, the deleted scene is further evidence that some of the new figures got pretty far along in the process before being cut. Nostalgia even made the final cut ofInside Out 2, appearing briefly for a joking bit in which she reflects on something that happened just moments before. It sounds like theInside Out 2team was highly selective and intentional in choosing what emotions would make the final cut, but nonetheless, moments like this make one wonder whatInside Out 2would have looked like had more emotions been included.
Inside Out 2
Cast
Inside Out 2 is the sequel to the 2015 original film, which starred a young girl named Riley with a head full of emotions. - literally. With Amy Pohler as Joy, Bill Hader as fear, Mindy Kaling as Disgust, Phyllis Smith as Sadness, and Lewis Black as Anger, the all-star cast brought to life the emotions that adolescents face as they grow, change, and adapt to new situations. This sequel, currently in development, will bring Amy Pohler back as Joy, with Riley, now a teenager.
