Were the Minions the original plan?

All evidence points to the fact that Scarlet quite liked the Minions to begin with. Despite their unusual size & shape, they'd proven themselves (at Villain-Con) to be quite adept as criminals, something that Scarlet definitely respects. read more

I think there was talk about the minions. Like, they originally weren't going to be there, or they were going to look much different. Two of the movies' creative workers made up the minions' language. Because of the minions popularity in previous movies, they decided to make a movie based mostly on them. read more

At first, they envisioned Gru’s inept henchmen as hulking monsters. “Initially the Minions were supposed to be this army of Orc-like brutes, but they just kept becoming smaller and smaller,” said Coffin. Eventually, they became the cute, funny little things we know and love today. read more