SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for Finding Dory.
There is a point in Finding Dory when everyone in the audience is meant to have the same thought: Oh man, they actually killed Dory’s parents.
My writer, Victoria, really wanted that for like a hot minute and I was like, ‘We can’t.’
And then it forced us to go, ‘Well, listen, what we’re really enjoying and we’re really thinking is great for the character’s arc is truly making her feel alone.