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Anika Noni Rose has confirmed that Disney is reworking Princess Tiana in the second "Wreck-It Ralph" movie, after a backlash over her lightened skin tone.Rose, who voiced Tiana in 2009's "The Princess and the Frog," said that she was "as surprised" as fans to see Disney's first African-American Disney princess with "lighter skin and much sharper features" in a teaser for "Ralph Breaks the Internet.""Aside from my personal feelings, I noted how people felt online (and in my DMs) and I was glad to see that people are still very much in love with and supportive of our princess," Rose wrote on Instagram. "My team and I immediately put in a call to the studio to talk about the visual changes and three weeks ago I had a meeting in person with the 'Wreck-It Ralph' team, my original animator Mark Henn, and others."Rose continued: "They explained how CGI animation did different things to the characters' color tones in different light compares to hand-drawn original characters, and I was able to express how important it is to the little girls (and let's face it, grown women) who felt represented by her that her skin tone stay as rich as it had been, and that her nose continue to be the little round nose that Mark so beautifully rendered in the movie; the same nose on my very own face and on many other little brown faces around the world that we so rarely get to see represented in fantasy."I also appreciate that this far into the process Disney had enough care and respect for all who love Princess Tiana and her legacy to spend the time and money to make the adjustments necessary. In doing so, they recognize that her legacy is also their legacy; two things I'm very proud to be a part of."