Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25375217-20170815201511/@comment-1916997-20170826184656

Eskaver wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: He wouldn't be Naveen then, because that character is clearly a POC. He could be a prince with a different name, and relate back to the original Frog Prince story. But again, then he's not really Naveen, but a take on the unnamed prince in The Frog Prince. They could bring in an old, white man with purple hair and a very long beard dressed in wizardy robes and name him Naveen and he'd be Once's Naveen.

The writers have authority over what happens within their universe. (Now, I obviously don't think the prince is Naveen but the one Cinderella would have fell in love with, nor do I think they'd case an eccentric elder to be Naveen.) If we look at the characters who's names are taken from the Disney universe, and not in the original story, they more or less look like the Disney character. Tiana is a perfect example of this. She is clearly drawing from the Disney movie, even if she is also partially based on the princess from The Frog Prince. So if Naveen or Facilier (or even Charlotte) appear, they will take most of their character from the Disney movie. Having Naveen be played by a white guy is the exact controversy Dat was talking about, and I agree it would be, because Naveen only really exists as a Disney character (even if he is partially based on the prince from The Frog Prince).