Exclusive: Encanto Deleted Scene | Back to the Mural

Plenty of things end up on the cutting room floor over the course of production on an animated film. With so many aspects to tie together — voice acting, music, and the time-consuming process of animation — not everything can make it from script to screen, particularly not in a Disney film. But that does not mean they are lost forever, and now, Collider can exclusively premiere a deleted sequence from Walt Disney Animation’s latest labor of love, Encanto. The deleted scene, visible only in storyboards, sees Mirabel (Stephanie Beatriz) at the end of her wits, mourning her inability to save her casita and her family’s magical abilities from an unknown danger. Returning to town, the young girl feels lost, only for her Abuela (María Cecilia Botero) to comfort her, revealing a secret she never expected: that her grandmother, the head of the Madrigal family, feels disappointed in herself for keeping her family close to her chest after the death of her husband. She apologizes to Mirabel, reflecting on the message l