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James Marsden on Enchanted
By Fred Topel | Image property of Walt Disney Pictures.
A Disney animated heroine coming to modern day New York is a formula for comic misadventure. Don't count out the animated stud as the fish out of water though. James Marsden plays the real world version of Prince Edward, who searches for his bride oblivious to the cynical city dwellers.
James Marsden a Prince for Enchanted
"It was easy for me," said Marsden. "I don’t want to sound like it was effortless but when I read the script, it was very clear to me who this character was and how he should be played. Bill Kelly did a great job of bringing these characters to life on the page. He wasn’t exactly like the princes from say Snow White or Cinderella because those princes weren’t really allowed to have much personality. He was always written larger than life, a healthy ego but it all came from a place of innocence and sincerity so that, I think, lets his narcissism off the hook."
Actually, Edward could be the villain. You know she's going to end up with the mild mannered lawyer (Patrick Dempsey) who doesn't believe in romance. Edward is actually standing in their way.
"Gaston, yeah, it was written that way but without being a villain. He was always well intentioned. That’s why when he says, ‘Thank you for taking care of my bride, peasants’, Gaston would say that and you would know that he was making a dig but Prince Edward was just a ditzy, genuine hero. I was not judgmental of the character. It sounded like a lot of fun and, to me, it just sort of clicked. I just felt I knew who he was and offered up to Kevin that singing was a hobby of mine and he indulged us and let us go in and practice the songs and, ultimately, we qualified to sing in the movie."
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Audience now know Marsden's singing voice from Hairspray, but Enchanted began earlier. "I don’t want to overstay my welcome in any genre but I really did enjoy these two films, Enchanted and Hairspray. They were just completely different than anything I’ve ever done before and, like I said, singing has always been a hobby of mine and to be able to do it in an acting job was a lot of fun. Both of them were fun. I would do it again for sure. But, in the same breath, I would also say that, to me, creatively, it’s always more interesting to do something completely different."
Enchanted has a moment of Déjà vu, or some Hollywood equivalent, when Prince Edward finds himself standing in front of a Superman Returns billboard. "As soon as I climbed up on top of the bus [I saw it] and, at the time I didn’t know I was doing Hairspray. There was also a giant Broadway Hairspray billboard so someone was looking out for me, putting my resume in the background."
Enchanted is out in theaters now.
For stills, posters, trailer, review and more movie info, go to the
Enchanted
Movie Page.
Fred Topel
Sources: Image property of Walt Disney Pictures.
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