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"I want this movie to be unexpected,"
said director Mike Mitchell.
When I was asked in early 2014 to crack the character code
for a Troll movie being developed at the studio, and that it was
based on the classic Trolls from the 1960s and '70s, with the
big colorful hair, I thought, "Hmmmmm, really? We're doing
that? Not sure I'm too excited about this challenge." Turns out
I was wrong. These characters and the creative journey it has
taken me on has been positively...unexpected.