(Director Bob) Bendetson, formerly of The Simpsons, said he originally approached Brando for the role of a money-grubbing 600-pound man who runs the candy factory on the cheap.
It turned out to be an offer The Godfather star could refuse.
Brando, who also starred in A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, thought it would be fun to voice the old lady instead and she was only in three scenes. He needed just one day to record the voice for the short, slack-breasted, blond character, who has a cascade of wrinkles for a mouth.
I was told by his agent and manager that it was always a dream of his to play a woman in an animated movie. For some reason, that was his dream, Bendetson said.
