 Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman were hired to write the script, penning two drafts.Robert Zemeckis offered his services as director in 1982, but Disney declined as his two previous films ("I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "Used Cars") had been box-office bombs.Between 1981 and 1983 Disney developed test footage with Darrell Van Citters as animation director, Paul Reubens voicing Roger Rabbit, Peter Renaday as Eddie Valiant, and Russi Taylor as Jessica Rabbit.