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===Casting===
In January 2017, it was announced that [[Will Smith]] was in talks to play the father of the children who develop a friendship with the elephant after seeing him at the circus.<ref name="SmithCast?">{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/will-smith-dumbo-tim-burton-adaptation-disney-1201958349/|title=Will Smith Circling Tim Burton's Live-Action 'Dumbo' Adaptation|last=Kroll|first=Justin|magazine=Variety|date=January 11, 2017|access-date=June 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624005849/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/will-smith-dumbo-tim-burton-adaptation-disney-1201958349/|archive-date=June 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Smith later passed on the role due to scheduling conflicts with ''[[Bad Boys for Life]]'', among other reasons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/dumbo-will-smith-not-starring-in-tim-burton-film-disney-1201908049/|title='Dumbo' A No-Go For Will Smith|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=February 10, 2017|access-date=June 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807192140/http://deadline.com/2017/02/dumbo-will-smith-not-starring-in-tim-burton-film-disney-1201908049/|archive-date=August 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He went on to be cast as the [[Genie (Disney)|Genie]] in Disney's 2019 [[Aladdin (2019 film)|live-action film adaptation of ''Aladdin'']].<ref name=":3">{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/aladdin-will-smith-naomi-scott-jasmine-cast-mena-massoud-d23-1202496767/|title='Aladdin': Disney Casts Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott|last=Knapp|first=JD|magazine=Variety|date=July 15, 2017|access-date=March 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715232330/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/aladdin-will-smith-naomi-scott-jasmine-cast-mena-massoud-d23-1202496767/|archive-date=July 15, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Bill Hader]], [[Chris Pine]] and [[Casey Affleck]] were also offered the role, but passed on it before [[Colin Farrell]] was cast.<ref name="FarrellCast"/> Farrell, a fan of Burton, chose to work on the film because "[t]he idea of [acting in] something as sweet and fantastical and otherworldly, while being grounded in some recognizable world that we can relate to, under the direction of [Burton], was a dream ... I've always been looking for something of that ilk."<ref name="DumboCastBurton">{{cite news|url=https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2019/01/29/dumbo-colin-farrell-danny-devito-joseph-gatt-tim-burton/|title=The Cast of Dumbo reaveals What It Was Like to Work With Tim Burton|last=Uribe|first=Mariana|publisher=Oh My Disney|date=February 8, 2019|access-date=February 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209123903/https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2019/01/29/dumbo-colin-farrell-danny-devito-joseph-gatt-tim-burton/|archive-date=February 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jenna Ortega]] auditioned for one of the film's roles when she was just fourteen years old, feeling extremely "gutted" at not securing the part due to her doubts on if she would ever have the chance to work with Burton again; Ortega ultimately went on to collaborate with Burton in the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Wednesday (TV series)|Wednesday]]'' and the 2024 film ''[[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice]]''.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNbcJ0_lz0Q |title=Jenna Ortega & Michael Keaton Talk Beetlejuice, Tim Burton & Career Pressures <nowiki>|</nowiki> Epic Conversation |last=GQ |author-link=GQ |access-date=September 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904032716/https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=pT8P1OEMs5w1KYqE&v=lNbcJ0_lz0Q&feature=youtu.be |archive-date=September 4, 2024 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
In March 2017, Burton's frequent collaborators, [[Eva Green]]<ref name="GreenCast">{{cite news|last1=Lodderhose|first1=Diana|title=Eva Green In Talks For Tim Burton's 'Dumbo' At Disney|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/eva-green-tim-burton-dumbo-disney-miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children-ehren-kruger-1202038656/|access-date=March 9, 2017|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=March 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308232724/http://deadline.com/2017/03/eva-green-tim-burton-dumbo-disney-miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children-ehren-kruger-1202038656/|archive-date=March 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Danny DeVito]],<ref name="DevitoCast"/> joined the cast as Colette, a trapeze artist, and Max Medici, the circus' ringmaster, respectively.<ref name="FarrellDumbo"/> Due to her [[fear of heights]], Green trained with [[Acrobatics|aerialist]] Katherine Arnold and choreographer Fran Jaynes in order to prepare for the role.<ref name="PressKit" /> In April 2017, another veteran of Burton's films, [[Michael Keaton]], joined ''Dumbo'', to complete the casting of prominent "adult" roles.<ref name="KeatonCast"/> [[Tom Hanks]] was reportedly in discussions for the role before Keaton's casting.<ref name="SmithCast?" /> Hanks would instead sign on for the role of [[Geppetto]] in Disney's 2022 [[Pinocchio (2022 live-action film)|live-action film adaptation of ''Pinocchio'']].<ref>{{cite web|title='Pinocchio' With Tom Hanks, 'Peter Pan and Wendy' to Skip Theaters for Disney Plus|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/pinocchio-disney-plus-debut-1234850503/|work=Variety|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|date=December 10, 2020|access-date=January 10, 2021|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229040853/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/pinocchio-disney-plus-debut-1234850503/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the summer of 2017, [[DeObia Oparei]], [[Joseph Gatt]], and [[Alan Arkin]] joined the cast.<ref name="OpareiCast"/><ref name="GattCast"/><ref name="ArkinCast">{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=17 August 2017|title=Alan Arkin Joins Tim Burton's Live-Action 'Dumbo' (Exclusive)|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/dumbo-alan-arkin-disney-tim-burton-1202531116/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218143152/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/dumbo-alan-arkin-disney-tim-burton-1202531116/|archive-date=December 18, 2017|access-date=December 14, 2017|website=Variety}}</ref> DeVito said that "[he loves] Tim and [he] would do anything to be in a movie with him."<ref name="DumboCastBurton" /> He also said that Burton is "[a]lways spirited, always an artist, always thinking about the craft, always painting with his mind," and that he felt like "part of some kind of palette, a color scheme" while filming the movie.<ref name="DumboCastBurton" />
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In 2022, Burton reflected negatively on the experience making the film stating: "The thing about ''Dumbo'' is that’s why I think my days with Disney are done, I realized that I was Dumbo, that I was working in this horrible big circus and I needed to escape. That movie is quite autobiographical at a certain level."<ref>[https://deadline.com/2022/10/tim-burtonl-uk-politics-beetlejuice-dumbo-disney-lumiere-festival-1235152608/ Tim Burton Addresses “Surreal” U.K. Politics; ‘Beetlejuice 2’ & Why ‘Dumbo’ Will Likely Be His Last Film With Disney – Lumière Festival Tim Burton Jamboree Continues]</ref> In 2024, Keaton said: "I was clueless on ''Dumbo''. I sucked in ''Dumbo''."<ref>[https://deadline.com/2024/08/michael-keaton-tim-burton-down-dumbo-performance-1236072141/ Michael Keaton Says He Let Tim Burton Down With ‘Dumbo’ Performance: “I Sucked”]</ref>
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