However, the casting team could not find anyone suitable for the role of Meg and allowed Egan to audition despite any previous hesitation. She was ironically cast as Belle in the theatre adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, a role that nearly tarnished her chances of portraying Meg because the two characters were so vastly different from each other. Susan Egan began auditioning for roles in Disney animated features as early as Beauty and the Beast, released in 1991. Animators also looked to Susan Egan's body gestures during recording sessions to add nuance to Meg's animation. Gerald Scarfe and Duncan looked to Greek pottery to figure out the shape of Meg's body. Ken Duncan was Meg's supervising animator the animator that was initially given the assignment had left the studio to work for DreamWorks early in production on Hercules. Her personality was greatly inspired by actress Barbara Stanwyck, specifically her roles in 1940s comedies such as The Lady Eve and Ball of Fire. The Disney iteration loosely took from this by casting Megara as Hercules' love interest, the Lois Lane to Hercules' Superman. Megara is a character that originates from Greek mythology, the wife of Heracles. According to a brief exchange, however, Hades held some amount of sympathy for Meg's plight and was open to subtracting years from her sentence based on her performances in the field. Having become jaded and cynical as a result of her past, Meg upheld her end of the bargain by assisting Hades in his quest to take over the cosmos.

Since then, she's had trouble trusting others and finding the courage to love again. Her boyfriend was revived, as agreed, but he heartlessly left Meg for another woman shortly thereafter.

To save him, she sold her soul and offered servitude to Hades, God of the Underworld. She deeply cherished the relationship she shared with her boyfriend, who one day lost his life. In her youth, Meg was romantic and open to giving love.

Hades from hercules drawing