50+ Disney Characters that Are Based on Real People

While we already established that Maui from the 2016 Disney hit Moana, was based on his grandfather, The Rock also had a great deal of influence when the animators were creating this character. In fact, we heard that there were even talks that Maui should have a bald head.

They later decided to scrap that idea and keep his hair long, imagine Maui without his long, luscious locks. Besides the hair debacle, Maui does in fact resemble the Rock in some ways. They both have the same strong build, and you can see from the picture that they even stand the same.