How Disney got the bunny

One of Who Framed Roger Rabbit’s biggest hurdles was convincing Disney and Warner Bros to collaborate. A near impossible task – unless you’re Steven Spielberg. “Back in ’81 Roy Disney went to Warner Bros and said we want to use Bugs Bunny in a 10-second cameo,” recalls Wolf. “Warner Bros said there’s no way Bugs Bunny is ever going to be available for a Disney movie. Five years later, Spielberg makes an identical request and Warner Bros says of course – but what about Wile E Coyote, the Roadrunner, Yosemite Sam, Tweety Bird and Sylvester? The only restriction was that Bugs had to be on screen whenever Mickey was. They also had to have the same number of lines,” reveals Wolf. “You can go count them!”