March 23, 2017
KPCC 89.3, The Frame
by Erika Aguilar
When Claire Keane was six years old, she wanted to paint the walls and ceiling in her bedroom with murals.
She never got to.
But decades later, Keane would find herself in a virtual fairytale tower castle, where her childhood dreams came true.
“Drawing,” Keane said flipping through a colorful sketchbook. “That’s where it’s at for me.”
KPCC 89.3, The Frame
by Erika Aguilar
When Claire Keane was six years old, she wanted to paint the walls and ceiling in her bedroom with murals.
She never got to.
But decades later, Keane would find herself in a virtual fairytale tower castle, where her childhood dreams came true.
“Drawing,” Keane said flipping through a colorful sketchbook. “That’s where it’s at for me.”
Keane is the creative brainchild behind the Disney character Rapunzel from the 2010 animated film “Tangled." The movie is about a lost princess held captive in a tower castle for 18 years by an evil woman pretending to be Rapunzel’s mother so she can reap the youthful, healing powers of the girl's lasso-like blonde hair.
As a visual development artist for the animated film, Keane designed the murals that Rapunzel painted on the walls of her tower. She also inspired the personality and identity of the Disney princess. That's thanks to her father Disney animation legend Glen Keane who was executive producer of “Tangled."
“I really did get to know her quite intimately,” said Claire Keane. “She was like an alias for my life.”
On March 24, the Disney Channel is launching a new animated show, “Tangled, the Series” based on the 2010 film. After working on the "Tangled" movie, Keane was asked to act as the visual development artist for the series, too.
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