Simmons' first time voice acting in a theatrical film.

Hank Azaria won the role for Bartok only ten minutes into his audition.

O'Toole was also asked to play Grigori Rasputin in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), which was about Anastasia's parents.

Peter O'Toole was the studio's first choice to voice Grigori Rasputin, but due to the popularity of the Back to the Future trilogy.

Betty White was considered for the role of the Empress Marie.

Steve Martin was considered for the role of Bartok.

Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Lange, Melanie Griffith, were considered for the role of Anastasia.

Whereas Andrea and Kelsey played two different characters

Hank Azaria, Andrea Martin, and Kelsey Grammer made Bartok the Magnificent (1999), only Azaria reprised his role as Bartok the bat.

Before Meg Ryan was cast, Liz Callaway was brought in to record several demos of the songs, hoping to land a job in background vocals, but were liked well enough by the songwriters, that they were ultimately used in the final movie.Her tracks of the songs were liked so much, they led to her subsequent casting as the singing voice of Anastasia. Liz Callaway was called at the last minute by Vocalist Stephen Flaherty and Lyricist Lynn Ahrens to substitute for a singer who couldn't make the recording session of the temp tracks for Twentieth Century Fox.It received nominations for several awards, including for Best Original Song ('Journey to the Past') and Best Original Musical or Comedy Score at the 70th Academy Awards. From a $50 million budget, Anastasia grossed over $139 million worldwide, making it the most profitable film from Bluth and Fox Animation Studios. Though it enjoyed a positive reception from many critics and audiences by praising the animation, themes, characters, voice performances, and the soundtrack, the film was met with criticism by some historians for its fantastical retelling of the life of the Grand Duchess. Thus the film shares its plot with Fox's prior film from 1956, which, in turn, was based on the 1954 play of the same name by Marcelle Maurette. The film is a loose adaptation of the legend of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, which claims that she escaped the execution of her family. Anastasia is a 1997 American animated musical drama film produced and directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman in association with Fox Animation Studios, distributed by 20th Century Fox, and starring the voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Hank Azaria, Christopher Lloyd, Bernadette Peters, Kirsten Dunst, and Angela Lansbury.

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