Anne Hathaway, Amy Adams and Audrey Hepburn may not be royalty in real life, but you wouldn’t know it based on some of her most famous film roles.
All three women are making waves as fictional versions of famous royal figures in history: Hathaway proves she is very regal with princess roles such as Ella in Ella Enchanted and Mia Thermopolis in At Daughter’s Diary; while Adams struggles for love with Prince Edward (James Marsden) in Enchanted. As for Breakfast at Tiffany’s beauty, she shows off the less glamorous side of royal life as Europe’s own Princess Anne Roman Holiday.
Hathaway’s turn as Princess Mia was so popular that the original film spawned a sequel, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, in 2004. Since then, fans have clamored for a third film, and the Oscar winner has said there is a script. Even if it never debuted, the Harm The star still appreciates the work she did in the first two.
“You can create and adjust every day, I have to embrace it Julie Andrews every day,” he said Jess Cagle in January 2019. “That part is also very, very, very magical. Then it comes out and is accepted. That part is even, in a way, magical.
Other actresses make art imitating life while playing real royals. of Naomi Wattswho channeled the late Princess Diana in 2013 Dianafor Nicole Kidmanwho all but became the movie star who became the royal Grace Kelly in 2014 Grace of Monacomany of Hollywood’s leading ladies have been actual members of the monarchy.
A-listers included Lily Collins and Emma Watson as well as princess fantasy lives in their respective royal films, walking into the shoes of famous Disney stars such as Snow White (Mirror) and Belle (Beauty and the Beast), while more is still the heroic leader of a fictional space republic (the late Carrie Fisher).
Although Fisher later joked that she hated the wig she wore as Leia, she expressed her admiration for the character, who has been an inspiration to children everywhere since her debut in 1977. “I love how she handles things. I love how he heals people,” the Shockaholic said the author during a November 2016 interview with NPR. “He told the truth. He got what he wanted. … I’ve kind of melded with him over time.
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