Thread:Alex2424121/@comment-26864513-20160112203955/@comment-961279-20160204141150

After watching that interview, I agree with Hey1234. All that is said is that it is an "animal-based movie" with an "all-animal world", like Disney's Mr. Toad and Robin Hood are animal-baased, and that Clark Spencer wanted to make "a movie with modern technology that reminded me of Robin Hood". There is nothing said in there like "we decided to make this even more based on Robin Hood than just being reminded of it" or "we used the Robin Hood character as the basis for Nick Wilde".

It is reading between the lines to say "Nick Wilde is Robin Hood so therefore Mayor Lionheart is King Richard".