The Despicable Me franchise centers on Gru, a super-villain (who later becomes a dad and superhero); his yellow-coloured Minions; and his three orphan girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes.

Instead, they instead opted to transform the yellow pill-shaped scene stealers into mutated purple evil minions for 2013's ...

producer of Rise of Gru and director of the first two Despicable Me films. “It’s like power by wearing you out.” Failing upwards has got the Minions very far, indeed, especially considering ...