We’ll be taking you behind the magic of Disenchanted! What went into the making of this sequel to Enchanted from Walt Disney Studios? We will be discussing the longstanding friendship between Maya Rudolph and Amy Adams, and the reason why Maya Rudolph felt as though she were training for a marathon when it came to the choreography to some of these songs. Songwriters Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz have promised that Disenchanted will be more musical than ever, having written seven new songs for the film! Idina Menzel returns to Disney after having cemented herself as an animated icon in the role of Queen Elsa in Frozen, and this time around she is getting her own musical solo. Idina Menzel is reunited with Stephen Schwartz, who she has worked with previously in the musical Wicked, and Alan Menken has teased that one of the songs in Disenchanted is inspired by the song Defying Gravity from Wicked. Griffin Newman had only a single weekend to prepare for the role of Pip, who in this movie has been magically transformed into a cat instead of a CGI chipmunk. Patrick Dempsey, of Grey’s Anatomy fame, expressed his fear of singing alongside Amy Adams and Idina Menzel (who would have thought that Dr. McDreamy is even capable of stagefright?) Gabriella Baldacchino was surprised with her casting. Amy Adams spoke with Jimmy Fallon about her difficulties taking to the choreography. Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz reveal their retro inspiration for the new music in Disenchanted, taking influence from the music of Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as well as Disney’s Cinderella.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:23 Gabriella Baldacchino’s surprise casting
00:52 Musical inspiration
01:26 Patrick Dempsey’s first time singing
01:57 Shot in Ireland
02:30 Amy Adams struggled dancing
02:56 A Love letter
03:27 Maya Rudolph starstruck by Amy Adams
03:59 Idina Menzel agonized over accent
04:29 CGI helped Amy Adams’ internal monologues
04:57 Songs recorded in Amy Adams’ closet
05:23 New costume designer
06:00 References in costumes
06:32 Dueling villains song was hard work
07:03 Griffin Newman had a weekend to prepare
07:27 Idina Menzel reunited with Wicked songwriter
07:50 Reshoots
08:20 Outro
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