Could Frozen heroine Elsa get a girlfriend in sequel? Star Idina Menzel backs fan campaign
She thinks it would be "great" if Disney agreed to #GiveElsaAGirlfriend
THE voice of Frozen's Elsa has said that it would be "great" if her character were to get a girlfriend in the Disney sequel.
She was responding to a popular Twitter campaign to #GiveElsaAGirlfriend which, if realised, would make her the first animated LGBT Disney character in history.
A GLAAD report revealed that Disney - including its LucasFilms and Marvel subsidiaries - had included no lesbian, gay, or bisexual character in its 2015 films.
As a result, Feminist Culture founder Alexis Isabel Moncada started an online campaign to #GiveElsaAGirlfriend in the upcoming Frozen 2 film.
She wrote: "I hope Disney makes Elsa a lesbian princess imagine how iconic that would be."
Creating a hashtag for the campaign, she then Tweeted: "Dear @Disney, #GiveElsaAGirlfriend."
It quickly gained traction online as Twitter users latched on to the hashtag.
"Let it Go is basically a song about coming out so why not #GiveElsaAGirlfriend," wrote one user.
Another Tweeted: "Wouldn't it be awesome for the first lesbian princess! #GiveElsaAGirlfriend."
Now, Idina herself has responded to the call for Elsa - who thus far hasn't had a lover of any sex - to get a girlfriend.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight on the 2016 BMA red carpet on Sunday she appeared enthusiastic about the idea.
The 44-year-old singer said: “I think it’s great.
“Disney’s just gotta contend with that. I’ll let them figure that out. No matter what, [Elsa] changed my life.”
However it might be a case of too little too late for those in favour of the viral crusade as Kristen Bell, who voices Elsa's sister Anna, told Collider in March that the script was already close to being finished.
She revealed: “They’ve just written it and they’re still doing tweaks, but I think we should be recording this month.
“The story is great, and they exude quality. What I know about that whole team is that they wouldn’t just put something out to put it out.
"That’s why it took them so long to even announce that we were doing a second one. Generally when you have a first successful movie you want to make a second one.
"It took them a while because they wanted to figure out what story they needed to tell and what would be important and engaging and I think they found it.”