A "Shame" character was cut from Inside Out 2 due to being "too heavy," proving Pixar has learned from past mistakes. The sequel introduces new complex emotion characters like Anxiety, Envy, and Embarrassment. Cutting Shame is a sign that director Kelsey Mann is balancing the heavy themes with comedy in the upcoming Inside Out 2 film.

Pixar is expecting a big summer with the upcoming release of Inside Out 2 from director Kelsey Mann, who takes on the mammoth task of stepping back inside the mind of Riley almost a decade on from where we left her in Inside Out.

With the help of psychology professor Dacher Keltner, who consulted on Inside Out 2, the filmmakers realized that Shame isn't a real emotion. Instead, aspects of the character were folded into Anxiety, a more relatable and less-heavy feeling.

Inside Out 2 director Kelsey Mann explains why one major emotion character was cut from the story of the upcoming Pixar animated sequel.

Inside Out 2 removed Shame, a new emotion character, from the final cut of the movie. Speaking with The Wrap, via ScreenRant, Inside Out 2 director Kelsey Mann revealed that the upcoming sequel initially introduced Shame as a new character that would have interacted with Joy,