
Lowery pulled inspiration from one particular monstrosity in the original "Star Wars" trilogy.Love is the answer, but it’s also the question posed by a cynical generation “bombarded by failure.” Though the dilemma is not solved here, huzzah for a valiant try. But in the live-action remake, he's a massive, dinosaurian creature who's out for blood. In the animated movie, the Crocodile is a somewhat goofy reptile who swallowed Hook's hand and a ticking clock. "But I'm a white dude writing this part and I wanted to hand it over to Alyssa, and let her invest the character with all the things that were important to her in terms of representing a culture." The animated Crocodile was a lot more cutesy "We wrote a version of Tiger Lily that I felt was not only integral to the story but was sort of a corrective to the original animated version, which is of course incredibly problematic," Lowery says. The actress pulled from her own Cree heritage to help ensure authenticity in everything from costumes to language. Instead, Lowery gave the reins to Native consultants and Alyssa Wapanatâhk, who plays warrior princess Tiger Lily. Unsurprisingly, the live-action movie does away with the animated film's racist song and harmful stereotypes of Indigenous people. I wanted them all to be able to take part and see themselves in it." "Then I started thinking of all the other kids around the world who (love this story). "I've got so many nieces and nephews who would all love to go on this adventure," Lowery says. Girls and boys of different races make up the group, which also includes a teenager with Down syndrome (Noah Matthews Matofsky). Peter's mischievous cohorts in Neverland are no longer just Lost Boys, but rather, Lost Kids. That was one of the key cornerstones for the movie: to get to that point where she sees that growing up doesn't have to be wrong." The Lost Boys no longer 'exclude anyone' "What I wanted her to do was to learn how to go through this inevitable change with a sense of grace.

"We've all felt that sense of being yanked out of our comfort zone and lashing out," Lowery says. In the beginning, she butts heads with her parents and revolts against boarding school, but eventually comes to realize that there is genuine joy in getting older.

Wendy (Ever Anderson) has the most fleshed-out arc in this adaptation.
