4. In earlier versions, Reese Witherspoon and Kate Hudson were thought about to star.
5. Three hundred starlets auditioned for the function of Giselle, however Lima stated he right away understood Amy Adams was his princess when she strolled in the space before she even checked out a line.
“She looked like a Disney character,” the filmmaker informed THR “She’s got those beautiful round eyes and fair skin. Boy, I just crossed my fingers and hoped that she understood how to play the character.” Spoiler: Adams entirely accomplished, Lima calling her a “revelation.”
“I was looking for the whole time was someone who didn’t judge the character’s naivete, an actor who could disappear into the role and never wink at the role while they were playing it and ever think that what they were doing was ridiculous,” he described. “Truly, she was the only woman who came into the room with that quality. I knew in that moment that I could make this movie.”
6. But Lima’s early discussions with the studio “had to do with the esthetic of casting a star verses an unknown, or, in Amy’s case, a relative newcomer,” Lima shared in an intervew with MovieMaker, including he was pressing to crown a less recognized starlet. While Disney initially desired a significant star, Adams handled to bewitch them.
“The discussions with the studio after that audition were quite easy,” Lima exposed. “Amy’s audition tape was all that was needed to convince them that Giselle had arrived.”
