> In the 2013 animated film Frozen, what's the name of the kingdom where PrincessAnna and Queen Elsa live?And the answer: Arendelle. In the blockbuster Disney film Frozen, Arendelle is a fictional kingdom basednear a fjord, nestled among the mountains of a Scandinavian-inspired landscape.The kingdom is ruled by Queen Elsa, who ascended to the throne after her parentsperished at sea.Image credit: Disney.com.Although Frozen as we've come to know it is a story of sisterhood, friendshipand perseverance, its original conception looked fairly different. For one, Elsawas originally written as the villain, with blue spiky hair and a coat made ofliving weasels (putting Cruella De Vil to shame). Interestingly, this conceptualcharacter arc was drawn from the original source material of Hans ChristianAndersen's beloved fairy tale "The Snow Queen," the inspiration for much of thefilm. In the tale, the Snow Queen is an ice-hearted antagonist who lurestownspeople to freeze from her wrath. Luckily, Disney made the choice to adaptElsa into a powerful but confused ice queen who struggles with control of hergift rather than her own devilish ways. While Disney ultimately decided to instigate such a drastic change in theirprimary character, other parts of the film do pay homage to its source. The maincharacters' names, for example, can be pronounced quickly to create the nameHans Christian Andersen. Try it out for yourself: Hans, Kristoff, Anna, Sven.Now say that three times fast!Word play aside, Walt Disney himself had been interested in creating anadaptation of "The Snow Queen" since the beginning of his company in the 1940s.As such, it was only fitting that the ultimate production of the film pulled outevery stop. The team hired experts in Old Norse and Scandinavian mythology toinclude dialectical accuracy, visited the Hotel de Glace in Montreal forinspiration for Elsa's castle, and even travelled to Norway to get a better feelfor the landscape. In the end, more than 50 animators worked together for over 9months to create the digital magnificence of Elsa's ice palace. Incredibly,though, these efforts translated into just 36 seconds of Elsa working her magicin the scene (everyone say "thank you, production team!").Learn more about this movie nearly seventy years in the making here[https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a30682/15-frozen-facts-making-of-documentary/].