Despicable Me characters will never grow up!

Chris Renaud prefers to adopt the “Simpson” method.

Unlike Riley, the main character of the Disney-Pixar Vice versawho discovered the joys of adolescence and the puberty that accompanies it in Inside Out 2the three little girls adopted by the terrible Gru in Despicable Me will never experience this period commonly called the thankless age. Not even adult life.

Since their first appearance in 2010 and their next one this year, none of them have gained an inch. Curious extension in childhood, Deadline questioned the co-director of the first, second and fourth opus, Chris Renaud, on this subject. The latter confirmed that Margo, Edith, Agnès and the youngest, Gru Jr, seen in the first images of the 4th opus, will not grow up. Instead of the method “Vice versa”it is to that of the Simpsons that the filmmaker appeals:

“We could do a story where Margo is 18 and goes to college… But we decided to take the same approach as The simpsons where no one grows up. They're frozen in time. I've seen the movie with audiences quite a few times, and I don't think people come out and see that as a problem, wondering: 'Why hasn't Margo grown up?'”

It is true that in the hit series, thirty-five seasons later, Maggie is still a baby. But that didn't stop the creators from imagining the child's future and projecting her as an adult in some episodes. So really no chance of seeing Gru's children years later?

In this same interview, Chris Renaud also returned to the popularity of Minions designed like R2-D2 in Star Wars, and of the tik tok trend following the release of Minions 2 where spectators came to the cinema dressed in a costume. A real dress code long before barbie and his audience wearing their most beautiful pink clothes.

Screened as a preview at the Annecy Festival, Despicable Me 4 introduces a new villain, Maxime Le Max. Fresh out of prison, the latter is angry with Gru and will not hesitate to attack his family – which has grown with the arrival of Gru Jr. to accomplish his cruel revenge. The villain turned hero will have to protect his family with the (precious?) help of the Minions always present to save their master. All with lots and lots of humor.

The film will be released in theaters on July 10.

Gru has a baby in the Despicable Me 4 trailer!