If you grew up in the 2000s, chances are you definitely wished your long-lost grandmother would suddenly arrive in town and reveal you were secretly a princess in an adorable little European country called Genovia. The dream. The 2001 film The Princess Diaries and its 2004 sequel had us all wishing we were Mia Thermopolis.
But anyone who has read the brilliant book series by Meg Cabot knows that there are some serious differences between The Princess Diaries book and the films; namely, in the books Mia’s dad is alive and a major character. So why did Disney decide to kill him off for the films? According to Cabot, it was because of Dame Julie Andrews.
The celebrated author recently revealed to Entertainment Weekly that she was surprised when Disney told her they wanted to write out one of her main characters. That is, until she heard why.
“[Mia’s father] plays a big role in the books,” She explained to EW. “I was like, ‘Oh, oh, my God, what did he do [for Disney to kill him off]?’ And they said, ‘Well, we have this actress, who’s a really big actress, that we want to play the grandmother. And we wanna make her role much bigger, and kinda raise the stakes, and give her a lot more lines, and we think we can give her a lotta the dad lines.’ And I was like, ‘Well who’s the actress?’ And they were like, ‘Julie Andrews.’ I was like, ‘Oh my God, kill the dad.’ I was like, it’s Julie Andrews, sure.”
In all seriousness tho, thank you for the compliment but I hope you won’t give up simply because of that. Never let anyone or anything else be the deciding factor to your choices. You can do it, friend. Just keep at it. 🙂
Ello and excuse me again, but I drew a little thing and wanted to upload it. Just kinda toonified my versions of the dork squad (I know I draw them a lot). Included my initial sketch / line-art as well as the silhouette test. I always felt that if you could tell a character from their silhouette, you’re good to go. Have a lovely weekend! 🙂
Quick doodle. Been feeling a tad off lately and if I were to sum up my general mood, it’s basically these three fellas each taking a corner in my mind and doing exactly what they’re doing here. Although I must say I haven’t been listening to the tiny Edward much as of late. 😛
Anyhoo, have a lovely day. Gotta get back to work. 🙂
Tried something new. I’m not fantastic at shading like this but thought I’d give it a go anyway. It’s late here but still drawing. Dear Ed, you look dumb.
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