Ruby Gillman Director Interview: Making Mean Girls in the Sea With a Regina George-Like Mermaid
12Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is a coming-of-age tale from DreamWorks Animation with a mythical spin. Under the direction of Academy Award nominee Kirk DeMicco (The Croods) and co-director Faryn Pearl, the tale of young Ruby Gillman (Lana Condor) flips the lore of Kraken and mermaids on its head.
It takes a village to create the scale of “visual splendor” displayed in the whimsical world of Ruby Gillman. In a one-on-one chat, DeMicco tells Collider’s Perri Nemiroff about his collaboration with DreamWorks Animation’s Pierre-Olivier Vincent, the production designer for Ruby. Vincent was responsible for developing the splashy, colorful Oceanside and kingdom beneath the sea for a backdrop as exciting as the legendary Kraken. DeMicco also shares what qualities made Pearl, who began her journey as head of story, the perfect co-director to bring Ruby’s story from page to screen.
Check out this interview to find out how DeMicco and his team of “multiple imaginations” ultimately found the heart and story for original characters like Chelsea (Annie Murphy), the popular girl at Oceanside High with a sinister secret, Ruby’s mom and dad, Agatha (Toni Collette) and Arthur (Colman Domingo), and her kraken queen Grandmamah, voiced by Jane Fonda.
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