According to director Kelsey Mann, it took a long time to reach the final character design - and the above clip shows his own concept drawings that portrays Anxiety as "reptilian" in nature. This approach would have seen Anxiety growing over time to become "almost Godzilla-esque" as Riley got more anxious. "And then," he says, in "my epilogue version, when [Riley] realises how to manage it, it actually shrinks down to the proper size, and is super cute."
Concept art is a fascinating way to explore what a film might have been. We've seen first versions of everything from Sonic the Hedgehog (which did not go down well with fans) to scrapped designs from the Mario movie.
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