Director Kelsey Mann and producer Mark Nielsen map out the expanding emotional landscape of Inside Out 2.
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He was like, Its open.
Riley could be any age.
It could be about anything.
Its really up to you.
So I started with that.
Its a front row seat, Nielsen jokes.
I brought him in, and I said, Which emotions show up at this age?
Dacher said, Its all about the self-conscious emotionsthe ones that start to compare yourself to others.
The emotions that Mann eventually settled on were Anxiety, Envy, Ennui, and Embarrassment.
Youre suddenly self-aware; youre incredibly self-conscious, he says, from personal experience, about Rileys new feelings.
You start to look at yourself and see nothing but flaws.
That was something I started to deal with at that age, and I still do.
Its still something I learned to manage.
But its definitely something that is a big thing at that age.
I wanted a division between the original emotions and the new emotions, says Mann.
I think it was Amy Poehler who said theyre like the Gen Z emotions coming in.
Ive got a belief system, youve got a belief system, what does it look like?
Well, the answer is no.
Technology has marched on.
We are not using technology at Pixar that can make Joy anymore.
I think the target audience is anybody who has emotions, says the producer.
It was so important to us that we create a universal story with this one.
Theres so much fun to be had exploring what is going on inside our heads.
Riley in this film could be you.
It could be me.
Shes experiencing emotions in this film that everybody in the audience is going to relate to.
So like the first film, I think this ones for everybody.
Inside Out 2 opens in theaters on June 14.
