In the more than 80 years that Walt Disney Animation Studios has been making feature films, the only movie that has grossed more money at the global box office than Frozen is its own sequel. Frozen was a phenomenon. It seemingly came out of nowhere to capture the hearts, minds and, thanks to the endless playing of "Let It Go," ears of a generation. Clearly Disney did everything right, which is why it might surprise some that Frozen was almost a very different movie, one in which Elsa was the villain.
As is actually the case with many animated films, the story of the original Frozen went through a lot of changes during its life, but the single biggest was the choice to make Elsa a sympathetic antagonist. That's because in an early version of the story, she was much more a traditional Disney villain. Here’s what happened.
