![]() I have! I’ve been in line for the ladies’ room in New York and heard people talking about one of my movies. That was my fantasy.īut have you ever heard people talking about your films? Yeah, I did! And my big dream, my big fantasy, was to go to the library or a bookstore and listen to two people who had read one of my books talking about it from the other side of the aisle. It’s another world that I can go into and find happiness. I found it’s been a place for me of solace and joy. I would sit up at night and read-and write love poems to my dog. I knew that I loved film from watching those two movies-which still rank as my favorites-but I fell in love with writing when I just needed it as a young child as a place to put my feelings and my emotions. I never actually dreamt of screenwriting. I saw To Kill A Mockingbird when I was young, followed by Lawrence of Arabia, and that was it. Linda Woolverton: Well, I always loved film. Vanity Fair: When did you first fall in love with film and writing? And which came first? We caught up with Woolverton to talk about her thoughts on Emma Watson as Belle, her record-breaking career, and some of the burning questions about Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King that the Internet just can't let go of. This weekend brings Alice Through the Looking Glass, her first sequel, and next year marks another huge landmark: the live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, based on the characters she created more than 20 years ago. Linda Woolverton was a playwright and author when she got her start with Disney, writing 1991’s era-defining hit Beauty and the Beast, and since then has written Disney standouts like The Lion King, Maleficent, and Alice in Wonderland. The first woman to write an animated Disney feature was also the first woman with a sole writing credit on a billion-dollar blockbuster-and, if you were born in the 80s, probably the woman who shaped your childhood as much as your own mother.
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