In an interview with Cartoon Brew, Renaud noted that, “Sergio’s character was gothic, although he had the trappings of other things he sort of looked like Dracula and he had these big, hulking, ogre-like henchmen.”
The original concept for Despicable Me was pitched by former Disney Animator Sergio Pablos, who brought the idea to Illumination Entertainment head Chris Meledandri, who then shared the idea with eventual directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud. But did you know that the Minions as we know them weren’t even in the original pitch?Īccording to a 2013 Los Angeles Times article, there wasn’t even a specific mention made of the diminutive yellow mayhem-makers in the initial draft of the script that would eventually turn into the franchise blaster Despicable Me, written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. With three Despicable Me films in the can and one on the way in 2024, as well as a spinoff Minions movie and Minions: The Rise of Gru coming in hot this summer, along with various shorts, web series, video games, and theme park rides, it’s hard to imagine a world in general without Minions, forget about the world of Despicable Me.
