When Andrew Stanton was in the process of creating an animated film for children where the action would take place in realistic environments under the ocean’s surface, he lacked only an optimum fish for the lead role. Therefore browsed the American film director himself carefully through a long series of books about marine life and fell in love with a picture of two small fish that looked out from a sea anemone.
“It was just incredibly fascinating,” he says. “I had no idea what kind of fish it was, but I was sold.” The picture represented exactly the enigmatic image of sea life such as Andrew Stanton wanted to show in his film. “And on top of all that was called the clown fish. It was absolutely perfect for an old rat from the entertainment industry like me. Can you imagine anything cuter than a little fish, playing hide and seek with one? “
