Chris Buck, the co-director of Frozen, just confirmed to MTV one of our favorite fan theories about the film, and we are absolutely freaking out. Tarzan is, according to Buck, the long-lost brother of Anna and Elsa.
Buck, who also co-directed Tarzan back in 1999, first hinted at the theory during a Reddit AMA almost two years ago. Referring to Anna and Elsa’s parents (who supposedly died in a shipwreck), he wrote, “They didn't die on the boat. They got washed up on a shore in a jungle island. The queen gave birth to a baby boy. They build a treehouse. They get eaten by a leopard…”
Eerily familiar? It should be, as it’s the origin story of none other than Tarzan. Since then, Buck hasn’t mentioned the connection—until now. In an interview with MTV, he finally broke the silence. “I think Jen [co-director of Frozen] and I were walking to a meeting, and I just started to tell her the entire story…In my little head, Anna and Elsa’s brother is Tarzan.”
Despite the confirmation from Buck, a fan theory site denies the connection due to irreconcilable time period differences between Frozen and Tarzan. Still, Buck encourages fans to believe whatever they want. "I say, whatever people want to believe, go for it. If you want to tie them all together, then do it. That's the spirit of Disney." Couldn’t have said it better.
