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“When I was 6, 7, 8 years old, I used to dress up as Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills during the halftime shows,” he recalls.

Like the film itself, Golijov’s score is wildly eclectic and constantly referencing old cinema.

In their dedication to authenticity, Fehlbaum and his production team sourced period-accurate equipment from old television stations and collectors, much of it still working, to re-create the analog control-room setup as faithfully as possible.

Like Nessa, Bode also moved away for college — a decision that initially worried her parents and older brother — and graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles in 2021.

“When we booked this job, I think Emily was a year older than Moana is in the sequel, so we just immediately felt connected to her and also her journey of growth,” Barlow says.