After the world premiere of Pixar's newest film, "Inside Out," at the Cannes film festival, chief John Lasseter spoke about what's in store for the future for Pixar's animated lead roles.
Lasseter, who has been with the company since 1986, told reporters at the festival that he wants to create more diverse stories about "female and ethnic characters."
"It's very important to us-both at Pixar and at Disney-to have female, ethnic characters," he said. "It's grown importance over time. As you'll see in future films, we're paying attention to that."
Someone then asked if we would be seeing a black protagonist in a Pixar film anytime soon, to which Lasseter replied, "We're trying to reach out and find origins of legends all over the world. It's pretty spectacular."
In 2009, Disney featured its first black princess in "The Princess and the Frog," but Pixar hasn't featured a non-white lead character yet, according to the Guardian.
Lasseter pointed out that, "Animation, when we got started, by large was mostly guys. But we have seen more and more women and more people from all over the world starting to work in it, which is very exciting."
