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That's not to say that EVERYONE always got along while working on "Beauty & the Beast." Will Finn (The lead animator on Cogsworth) and Nik Ranieri (The lead animator on Lumiere) shared an office while working on this film. And -- over the course of the production -- these two artists began to mirror the temperament of their characters. Meaning that Will & Nik really seemed to get on one another's nerves.

How bad did it get? Ranieri still jokes about the day he looked at the calendar that Finn had pinned up next to his animation desk. On this calendar, Will had circled -- in bright red ink -- "Beauty & the Beast" 's drop dead date. The day that every single piece of animation for the film had to be completed if "B & B" was going to actually make its November 1991 release.

But then Nik noticed that Will had written something on the calendar for the day that came right after "Beauty & the Beast" 's drop dead date. In little tiny letters, Finn had already filled in his plans for that day. Which were: "Kill Nik."

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