Dory from 'Finding Nemo' was almost a male fish ... then Ellen DeGeneres came along

Marlin the clown fish is accompanied by Dory the blue tang who helps him look for his son Nemo in 'Finding Nemo'. Photo: Filepic

The prequel to Finding Nemo and Finding Dory should be called Finding Ellen DeGeneres.

In conversation with film critic Justin Chang recently, Finding Nemo mastermind Andrew Stanton revealed that the franchise's beloved blue tang with short-term memory loss was almost a male fish – until he discovered DeGeneres.