Before Hollywood A-lister Anne Hathaway was a single mother romancing a hotshot pop star in 2024’s popular romance film The Idea Of You , she was a teenage princess. The 41-year-old American actress made her film debut in the coming-of-age Disney comedy The Princess Diaries (2001) and also starred in its 2004 sequel. She played Mia Thermopolis, a regular American teenager who discovers she is the sole heir to the fictional European kingdom of Genovia, and has to learn the ways of being a princess.
English actress Julie Andrews played Mia’s regal grandmother, the Queen of Genovia. The movies are based on American author Meg Cabot’s popular young-adult novel series of the same name. Now, Hathaway is returning to her roots and going home to Genovia.
She confirmed that she will be part of the upcoming movie The Princess Diaries 3 in a video posted to her social media channels on Oct 5. In the video, Hathaway, dressed in a mustard-yellow sweater and sporting sunglasses, intercuts famous scenes of herself and Andrews exclaiming, “Shut up!”, as she gestures the numbers one, two and three with her fingers, referencing the two released movies and the upcoming sequel. The clip included a screenshot of a report by Hollywood trade magazine Variety announcing her return to the franchise.
She captioned the post: “Miracles happen. Back to Genovia with Adele Lim, Disney and Somewhere Pictures. The fairy tale continues.
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