ENCANTO ’S BRUNO

Bruno, voiced by John Leguizamo, was always the mysterious uncle in the Madrigal family, but his look also evolved, to contrast with his description in Disney’s earworm “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” Explains head of animation Kira Lehtomaki, “there was this myth created about him — 7-foot frame, scary mythology being built up around him — [that was] contrasted with the real Bruno when we meet him behind the walls. He became shorter, skinnier, and a really sweet and not-intimidating kind of person.”

Reflecting that Bruno has been in hiding, his color palette was “much more muted and dark, and even his skin color has a little bit of a gray tone to it just because he’s been forgotten and he’s sort of faded away.” Hidden away from the world, he’d been wearing the same worn outfit. “We love his poncho because it gave not only the myth but it gave a lot just fun animation when [shape-shifting cousin] Camilo transforms into him because they both have a similar draping to their fabric. There’s a ghostlike manner to that draping.”