Elemental Director Defends [SPOILERS]' Death Scene

Elemental director Peter Sohn weighed in on why [SPOILERS]' death was necessary.

Pixar’sElementaldirector Peter Sohn discussed why a key death scene was important to showcase in the movie.

Elementalchronicles an unusual love story between fire (Amber) and water (Wade).

Elemental, Wade, Ember

As a result, Wade began to evaporate, seemingly dying.

But this idea formed to have our cake and eat it too with the sacrifice that happens for Wade.

It wasnt like, ‘Lets fool everybody.’

Elemental Wade Death

It was a real, sincere moment for Ember to feel the loss.

In the movie, Wade and his family engage in a unique game that involves crying.

Pete Docter, my EP, was like, Was this always the thing that you wanted to do?

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I remember your original pitch with heart.

And so after that, I went on a little vacation and drew all these ideas.

During the Crying Game, though, it was hard for Wade and his family to make Ember cry.

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However, Wade managed to emotionally crack her by professing his love to her.

We were hoping that it felt that the world sort of disappears from them.

And we all felt it.

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Speaking withThe Wrapin June 2023,Elementalscreenwriters John Hoberg and Kat Likkel talked about Wade’s death scene.

Seeing Wade go away forever would have killed me."

Elementalis now streaming onDisney+.