22. The Inspiration Behind Jumanji…
If you’ve seen Jumanji, then you will most definitely have wondered at some point where the inspiration came from.
NOPE!
As previously mentioned, the Jumanji film we grew to love was actually based on Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 picture book, of the same name.
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So where did he first get the idea? Well, he claims Monopoly was the key to Jumanji’s creation!
Always follow the rules…
It’s true, Chris Van Allsburg’s hatred for the popular board game inspired him to write Jumanji!
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While in an interview back in 2004 the author shared:
“When I was a little boy and I would play games like Monopoly, they seemed kind of exciting, but when I was done with the game, all I had was fake money,”
Monopoly: Bringing out the anger in everyone since 1935
Van Allsburg continued:
“So I thought that it would be fun and exciting if there were such a thing as a game board where whenever you landed on a square and it said something was going to happen, then it would really happen.”
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