The Princess Diaries FULL Reaction
Added 2023-09-03 14:26:27 +0000 UTCYes, I will be reacting to the sequel....
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This movie was literally my childhood. So many fun facts about it! Princess Diaries is based on a book of the same name by Meg Cabot. There are some huge differences though, like Queen Clarisse is not nice at all and her & Mia don't have a good relationship. Mia's dad is also alive in the books but has cancer and Mia & Michael don't get together until much later. However, the second movie just erases the rest of the books and takes a whole different direction. As much as I love Chris Pine I'm still kinda pissed about that but the movie is still very funny and Anne & Chris's chemistry is off the charts. This was Anne Hathaway's first movie role and her breakout role, she was 18. During her ONLY audition she fell out of her chair and was immediately given the part as clumsy Mia Thermopolis. She was literally born for this role. Speaking of... Mia falling on the bleachers was not scripted. Furthermore, the dinner scene when Mia accidentally sets the guy's arm on fire, the flames were supposed to go out when he put his arm in the ice bucket but they didn't. Anne Hathaway panicked and threw the glass of water on it which was not scripted. Also, in that scene a waiter says 'it happens all the time'. The same actor played a waiter in Pretty Woman who said the same line to Julia Roberts' character. Both films were directed by Garry Marshall. The on-screen relationship between Queen Clarisse and Joseph was not scripted. They just had so much chemistry, especially during the dance rehearsal scene (which was improvised). The movie was filmed on the same sound stage Mary Poppins was filmed, which has since been named "The Julie Andrews stage". Anne Hathaway had to wear a clip-in hairpiece to create Mia’s hair pre-makeover. It was affectionately nicknamed 'the beast' by the cast and crew. Her eyebrows took about an hour to apply as each tiny hair had to be individually glued in place. Kathleen Marshall, who played Charlotte, is director Garry Marshall's daughter IRL. His twin granddaughters also appear as the little girls who ask Mia for autographs and Garry himself, along with his wife and sister, has a cameo as a guest at the ball. The photo of Mia's father in the movie's opening scenes is a photo of Anne Hathaway's dad. He is also the one you see in the flashback scene when she's reading the letter. Mia's cat Fat Louie was portrayed by four different cats, one of whom was actually Anne Hathaway's own cat. Each cat served a different purpose: one was meant to be carried, another sat still for extended periods of time, a third was used for jumping and stunts, and the final (Anne's) is in the film's final scene. The movie was co-produced by Whitney Houston. She conceived the scene in which Mia smears her ice cream cone on Lana's cheerleader uniform. Joe is played by Héctor Elizondo who has been in every film Garry Marshall has directed, including Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve. Michael is played by Robert Schwartzman who's real life band, Rooney, appears as the character's band. He is related to the Coppola family and Nicolas Cage. He wanted to change his last name in the credits to Cage in honor of his cousin but the film's promotional material had already been finalized. Lilly is played by Heather Matarazzo. She once revealed she was scheduled to attend a meeting on the 15th floor of the World Trade Center on 9/11 shortly after the attacks occurred, but she overslept. Lana is played by Mandy Moore who voiced Rapunzel in Tangled and has starred in films such as A Walk To Remember (which I recommend), Saved! (with Heather Matarazzo, Jena Malone & Macaulay Culkin), Chasing Liberty and 47 Meters Down, as well as NBC's hit series This Is Us. She is also a musician. I could add so much more but this is already too much!
Heida
2023-09-06 06:04:16 +0000 UTCI still can't believe this was Anne Hathaway's first movie, what a strong breakout performance it's seriously no wonder that she became a star after this debut. And A Knight's Tale should be coming soon, it's high on my list!
Nicholas Crowell
2023-09-06 04:45:43 +0000 UTCThis was actually Anne Hathaway's first movie role which launched her career! Julie Andrews is a queen in every sense! The sequal is a lot of fun too, I hope you enjoy that one. A fun movie from the early 2000's that I recommend if you haven't seen it is A Knight's Tale with a young Heath Ledger, Paul Bettany and Alan Tudyk!
Vol
2023-09-05 20:12:46 +0000 UTC
