When adapting an animated film into live-action, changes were inevitable.
And more often than not, those changes significantly altered the original story.

Take Beauty and the Beast, for example.
In the animated version, Belle was simply a pure-hearted girl.
But in the live-action adaptation, she became bold, independent, and even had an inventor’s mindset.

It wasn’t uncommon for a protagonist’s characterization to shift.
A few tweaks to the plot were natural as well.

With that in mind—

Producer Verilad and Director McGroy decided to add new elements to Tarzan.
One of those additions was the light aircraft scene.

In the original Tarzan 2, Jane’s old colleague arrived in a small plane, creating conflict.
But bringing in a whole new character was too much.
Instead, they decided to keep only the chase scene on the aircraft wing—the most thrilling part.

Of course, the plan was to do it all with CGI.