44 Fun Facts About Enchanted

In Enchanted's climax, what does Queen Narissa turn herself into?

A dragon is Narissa's last trick: she grabs a hostage and climbs to the rooftop, and it is Giselle, sword in hand, who goes up after her to the rescue.

Narissa's poisoned apples send their victim into a deep sleep that turns deadly at what hour?

Midnight is the deadline: Giselle bites the apple at the ball shortly before twelve, and only true love's kiss before the last stroke can save her.

Why does Queen Narissa try to stop Prince Edward from marrying?

She would lose her throne: Narissa's reign ends the day her stepson weds, so she has her servant keep Edward too busy to go looking for true love.

How does Narissa get rid of Giselle on her wedding day?

She pushes her down a well: disguised as an old hag, Narissa intercepts Giselle on the way to her wedding, and the fall drops her into real-world New York.

Where in New York does Giselle first surface?

Times Square is where Giselle climbs out of a manhole in her wedding gown; Edward and Pip set off to rescue her and surface in the very same spot.

What is Robert Philip's job?

Divorce lawyer Robert Philip makes a living from broken marriages and has taught his daughter Morgan not to believe in fairy tales, until one moves into his apartment.

Who plays Robert Philip in Enchanted?

Patrick Dempsey plays Robert Philip. The studio wanted well-known faces in the cast, and his Grey's Anatomy fame as 'McDreamy' made him, the director said, a modern-day Prince Charming.

Who plays Prince Edward in Enchanted?

James Marsden plays Prince Edward. He asked to read for the prince rather than Robert because Edward was 'more fun', and he sings the opening duet 'True Love's Kiss' with Amy Adams.

Who plays the wicked Queen Narissa in Enchanted?

Susan Sarandon plays Queen Narissa in both worlds: animators went through many prototypes to make the cartoon queen's face look like hers before she turns up in person in New York.

Which British actor plays Narissa's servant Nathaniel?

Timothy Spall plays Nathaniel, the queen's henchman with a penchant for disguises, who follows Edward to New York to sabotage his search and ends up exposing her plot instead.

Which Broadway star plays Robert's girlfriend Nancy Tremaine, in a role with no singing?

Idina Menzel plays Nancy Tremaine. She called being hired for her acting alone a compliment; her one duet, the title song, was cut from the finished film.

Nancy Tremaine is named after the stepmother in which Disney film?

Lady Tremaine is the wicked stepmother in Disney's 1950 Cinderella; the borrowed surname is a joke with a twist, since Nancy Tremaine is nobody's villain.

What kind of animal is Giselle's friend Pip?

The animators gave the CGI version eyebrows, which real chipmunks do not have, to help him emote.

In Enchanted, what does Pip discover to his dismay when he reaches real-world New York?

He can no longer speak, and must communicate through squeaks and charades; the character was modelled on sidekicks like Mushu and Timon.

What does Giselle make her first New York dress out of?

Robert's curtains become a dress while her animal helpers clean his flat; the costume designer cut it to keep a princess look yet let Giselle move freely around the city.

In which New York landmark is Enchanted's costume ball held?

The Woolworth Building hosts the ball, and when Narissa flees to its roof with a hostage it is Giselle who climbs the Gothic tower in pursuit, sword in hand.

What does Giselle ask Edward for before she will go home and marry him?

A date is her condition: the maiden who agreed to marry a prince she had only just met now wants to get to know him first, the way New Yorkers do.

What business does Giselle start after choosing to stay in New York?

A fashion design company, Andalasia Fashions, is how the film leaves Giselle: the fairy-tale maiden becomes a successful Manhattan businesswoman.

Who ends up marrying Prince Edward?

Nancy tries on the slipper Giselle leaves behind at the ball, it fits, and she runs off with Edward to marry him in his animated kingdom.

How does Narissa's henchman Nathaniel end Enchanted after turning against her?

As a published author: Nathaniel stays in New York and turns his years under the queen's thumb into a book, last seen signing copies for fans in a bookshop.

Which screen legend narrates Enchanted?

Julie Andrews narrates Enchanted, a casting nod to her own Disney past: she was the studio's Mary Poppins in 1964.

Which pair of songwriters wrote Enchanted's songs?

Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz wrote five songs that parody Disney musicals, Menken's own hits included, and three of them earned Oscar nominations.

Which country star sings 'Ever Ever After' over Enchanted's ending?

Carrie Underwood sings 'Ever Ever After' as a voice-over, never appearing on screen, but she stars in its music video, where she turns into a cartoon version of herself.

Which singer performs 'So Close' at Enchanted's ball, and later sang it at the Oscars?

Jon McLaughlin sings 'So Close' on screen as the ball's vocalist; the song was modelled on the title ballad of Beauty and the Beast, down to camera moves that echo its ballroom scene.

Which real animals were the only ones actually filmed on set for 'Happy Working Song'?

Real rats and pigeons were brought on set for 'Happy Working Song'; every cockroach was CGI, as were the pigeons carrying brooms and the rats scrubbing with toothbrushes.

Giselle's song 'That's How You Know' grows into a production number in which New York location?

Central Park hosted the number, which took 17 days to film because the weather allowed only seven sunny ones, with 300 extras and 150 dancers.

Why was Enchanted's hand-drawn animation made outside Disney?

Its 2D artists were laid off when Disney shut down hand-drawn animation, so the cartoon scenes went to the Pasadena studio of James Baxter, the animator of Belle and Rafiki.

Enchanted's director described Giselle as about 80% which Disney princess?

Snow White supplies most of Giselle, he said, with a dash of Ariel's spunk; her housework song with animal helpers is a direct homage to 'Whistle While You Work'.

Made for $85 million, roughly how much did Enchanted gross worldwide?

About $340 million came in worldwide, four times the budget, after a number-one opening over Thanksgiving 2007, and the hit made Amy Adams a leading lady.

Why was Giselle left out of the official Disney Princess merchandise line-up?

The cost of the star's likeness sank the plan: a Giselle doll had already appeared at a 2007 toy fair in Disney Princess packaging before Disney balked at paying Amy Adams for lifelong rights to her image.

Which former Disney voice actress, once Ariel, plays Robert's secretary Sam in Enchanted?

Jodi Benson plays Sam as one of three in-jokes for Disney fans: the voices of Belle and Pocahontas, Paige O'Hara and Judy Kuhn, also turn up in small live-action roles.

Where did Enchanted have its world premiere in October 2007?

The London Film Festival hosted the world premiere on October 20, 2007, a month before American audiences could see a film set and shot in New York.

In Disenchanted, the spell that turns Giselle wicked changes her friend Pip into which animal?

A cat, the stock pet of a storybook villainess: as Giselle turns wicked, her loyal friend Pip becomes a scheming tabby and is sent out to steal for her.

Who directed Disenchanted, the 2022 sequel to Enchanted?

Adam Shankman, director of Hairspray (2007), directed Disenchanted; he had briefly been attached to direct the original Enchanted back in 2003.

In Disenchanted, Giselle moves the family from Manhattan to which suburban town?

Giselle moves the family to the suburb of Monroeville; her wish for a fairy-tale life transforms it overnight into the kingdom of 'Monrolasia'.

Which comedian plays the council leader who becomes an evil queen in Disenchanted?

Maya Rudolph plays the suburb's queen bee, who becomes a literal evil queen once the town turns fairy-tale, with Yvette Nicole Brown and Jayma Mays as her two sidekicks.

In which country was Disenchanted filmed in 2021?

Ireland supplied the suburb: the village of Enniskerry in County Wicklow was picked because it could pass for both a New England-style town and a fairy-tale kingdom.

In Enchanted, who voices Pip in the live-action New York scenes?

Director Kevin Lima voiced the live-action Pip himself, while Jeff Bennett plays him in the animated scenes; Lima's own daughter voices two of the forest animals.

Why did Disney have Bill Kelly's first Enchanted script rewritten?

Too racy: the first draft was an R-rated movie, and it went through years of rewrites and several directors before Disney had its family film.

Which pair of Disney films had Enchanted's director made before it?

Tarzan and 102 Dalmatians followed A Goofy Movie on his record; he then won approval for Enchanted with storyboards of the whole film that filled a floor of the production building.

Disney wanted a film star for Giselle; what did Enchanted's director insist on instead?

A lesser-known actress was the plan, so audiences would not see a famous face: Amy Adams was chosen from about 300 hopefuls, and better-known actors were cast around her to reassure the studio.

In Enchanted, what does Nathaniel help Prince Edward hunt to keep him too busy for love?

Trolls are Edward's daily quarry because Narissa wants him kept away from any bride; it backfires when he rescues Giselle from one and they plan to marry the next day.

Who talks Robert into letting Giselle stay at his apartment?

His young daughter Morgan is convinced Giselle is a real princess, so her sceptical father, who thinks the stranger is crazy, gives in and lets her stay.

In Disenchanted, which gift for baby Sofia does Giselle use to remake the family's suburban life?

A wand that grants wishes, a present from Sofia's godparents in Andalasia, lets Giselle ask for a perfect fairy-tale life, and the whole town is transformed by morning.