4. In earlier iterations, Reese Witherspoon and Kate Hudson had been thought-about to star.
5. 300 actresses auditioned for the function of Giselle, however Lima mentioned he instantly knew Amy Adams was his princess when she walked within the room earlier than she even learn a line.
“She looked like a Disney character,” the filmmaker advised 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 utterly nailed it, 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 defined. “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. However Lima’s early conversations 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 pushing to crown a much less established actress. Whereas Disney initially wished a significant star, Adams managed to enchant them.
“The discussions with the studio after that audition were quite easy,” Lima revealed. “Amy’s audition tape was all that was needed to convince them that Giselle had arrived.”
