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Credit: Inside the MagicNot everything in Arendelle was as innocent as it seemed. In a franchise built on themes of sisterhood, empowerment, and icy ballads, one cheeky lyric managed to skate right past Disney’s censors — and yes, it’s exactly what you think it is.
In a recent Vanity Fair interview, Frozen star Kristen Bell confessed that one of her character’s most memorable lines included a double entendre so bold, it nearly got cut from the movie altogether.
“How did we get that joke in there?” Bell said, laughing. “We slid it under the radar.”
That Ballroom Line? Yep, It Was on Purpose.
Bell, who voices the endlessly optimistic Princess Anna, admitted the spicy line appears in the song “For the First Time in Forever,” when Anna sings:
“For years I’ve roamed these empty halls / Why have a ballroom with no balls?”
Fans may have interpreted it innocently at first — perhaps referencing royal dances, or the absence of courtly events — but Bell knew exactly what she was doing.
“It almost didn’t make it in,” she revealed. “But then we were like, ‘What are you talking about? That’s not what it means. Don’t be a perv.’”
Despite the sly delivery, the line remains in the final cut of the film — a rare wink to adult viewers that somehow survived Disney’s famously strict content filters.
Disney’s Billion-Dollar Snowstorm
When Frozen hit theaters in November 2013, Disney may not have expected it to become a pop culture juggernaut — but that’s exactly what it did.
Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, the film introduced the world to the royal sisters of Arendelle: Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel), the introverted ice queen with powers she struggles to control, and Anna (Bell), her energetic younger sister with a love of chocolate and spontaneity.
The movie’s instant-classic anthem “Let It Go” became a cultural phenomenon, earning an Academy Award for Best Original Song and turning Idina Menzel into a household name far beyond Broadway.
Meanwhile, Frozen broke box office records with over $1.2 billion in global revenue, briefly becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time. It also launched an avalanche of sequels, merchandise, and global fan devotion that has yet to thaw.
That Other Song? Almost Didn’t Happen
In the same chat with Kevin Nealon, Bell dropped another behind-the-scenes bombshell: “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” — arguably one of the most iconic songs in Frozen — almost didn’t make it into the film.
“That was not in the first Frozen up until about a couple of months before we released it,” Bell said. “Because there’s a formula to Disney movies.”
According to Bell, Disney follows a time-tested structure in its storytelling, and the original opening song — “Frozen Heart”, sung by a group of rugged ice harvesters — was intended to set the stage thematically, just like “Belle” did in Beauty and the Beast.
Still, producers ultimately decided there was room for Anna’s bittersweet childhood plea to Elsa. And thankfully, they were right — “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” now ranks among Disney’s most emotionally resonant tunes.
Becoming Princess Anna Was a Dream Come True
For Bell, voicing Anna wasn’t just a gig — it was a lifelong dream realized.
“I had always dreamed, as many people do, of being involved in a Disney animation film,” she told Vanity Fair. “They’re so formidable in your life when you’re young, and I was obsessed with them.”
Bell even admitted to recording herself singing songs from The Little Mermaid on a boombox as a kid — just in case the opportunity ever arose.
When she landed the role of Anna, Bell says she knew exactly how she wanted to play it:
“What I should be valiantly striving for is to create a character that I really needed to see when I was 11 years old, which was someone like this character.”
Frozen’s Reign Is Far From Over
By the time Frozen II dropped in 2019, the franchise had only grown stronger, diving deeper into Elsa and Anna’s past while drawing in another $1.45 billion at the global box office.
Now, with Frozen 3 officially announced and slated for release on November 24, 2027, Disney is far from finished cashing in on Arendelle’s legacy. The characters have their own theme park attractions, stage musicals, and more branded merchandise than even Olaf could count.
But it’s safe to say that one of the most talked-about moments of the original film is still that unexpected — and undeniably hilarious — joke hidden in plain sight.
“Don’t be a perv,” Bell quipped. But let’s be real: she totally knew what she was doing.