--- title: Disney Changes Princess Tiana After Wreck It Ralph Backlash description: Disney reanimated Princess Tiana after the actress who plays her spoke to them about the controversy concerning changes in appearance. canonical: https://time.com/5405935/anika-noni-rose-on-wreck-it-ralph/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-25T17:02:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:04.778Z og:title: Disney Reanimates Princess Tiana After Criticism og:description: The princess appears in 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' og:url: https://time.com/5405935/anika-noni-rose-on-wreck-it-ralph/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt728e3bfc567beac7/69893b1797cdff0ded6b64fc/anika-noni-rose-wreck-it-ralph-princess-tiana-controversy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 27th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Disney Reanimates Princess Tiana After Criticism twitter:description: The princess appears in 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt728e3bfc567beac7/69893b1797cdff0ded6b64fc/anika-noni-rose-wreck-it-ralph-princess-tiana-controversy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Anika Noni Rose Discusses Disney Reanimating Princess Tiana for 'Wreck-It Ralph 2' After Backlash > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 25, 2018 5:02 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Actress Anika Noni Rose attends the 27th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards at Millennium Biltmore Hotel on February 26, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Actress Anika Noni Rose attends the 27th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards at Millennium Biltmore Hotel on February 26, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images) Leon Bennett—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 25, 2018 5:02 PM UTC After Disney debuted a trailer [featuring the Disney princesses at a slumber party](http://time.com/5363926/disney-princess-slumber-party-wreck-it-ralph-2/) for its upcoming sequel movie, [_Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2_](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/11/01/wreck-it-ralph-toy-story-with-avatars/)_,_ the Internet had plenty to say about it — namely one issue. Critics said that [Princess Tiana, the franchise’s first Black princess](http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1947114,00.html), looked very different in the trailer than she had in her own movie, _The Princess and the Frog_. Detractors called out the image, saying that Tiana’s skin and hair were noticeably lighter, and her nose appeared slimmer. Now, [Anika Noni Rose](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1942819%5F1942818%5F1942805,00.html), the actor who voiced Tiana, spoke out about Tiana’s appearance in _Wreck-It Ralph 2_. In an Instagram post, the 46-year-old actor says that she personally met with Disney executives, the _Wreck-It Ralph 2_ team, and Tiana’s original animator, Mark Henn to talk about the visual changes for the character and to ask them to reanimate her to more closely represent her original appearance. > [](https://twitter.com/ColorOfChange/status/1042803663301996545) “They explained how CGI animation did different things to the characters’ color tones in different light compared to hand drawn original characters,” Rose wrote. “And I was able to express how important it is to the little girls (and let’s face it, grown women) who felt represented by her that her skin tone stay as rich as it had been, and that her nose continue to be the little round nose that \[_The Princess and the Frog_ animator\] Mark so beautifully rendered in the movie; the same nose on my very own face and on many other little brown faces around the world, that we so rarely get to see represented in fantasy.” Rose emphasized the importance of having “an open dialogue about legacy and representation,” noting that she appreciated that Disney “had enough care and respect for all who love Princess Tiana and her legacy to spend the time and money to make the adjustments necessary.” Disney has since released a [new trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as3EfJmbQbE), where Princess Tiana who looks more like she did in her own movie. 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