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Never thought about it again," she said. He kept it because it was a charming moment. She told Glamour magazine in that starring as a princess in the hit film caused her to be categorized as a "good girl" in the industry, a label she spent years trying to break free of.

Instead of hiring an actor to play the part, they just got Willie Brown , the then-mayor of San Francisco, to do it. Brown can be seen in arriving at the Genovian Independence Ball toward the end of the film. California rock band Rooney has a strong connection to the world of Mia Thermopolis. Front man Robert Schwartzman played her unrequited love interest, Michael Moscovitz. Although the rest of the band doesn't appear in the film, their songs were used for the scenes with Schwartzman's on-screen band.

Schwartzman didn't appear in the sequel because he was touring with his band — which just so happens to be the same way his character was written off. On her website , Cabot wrote that parts of "The Princess Diaries" were actually inspired by her life, namely the fact that her mom dated one of her teachers after her dad died. Cabot wrote she also used to imagine that her "real" parents were royalty and thus Mia Thermopolis was born. According to Bustle , Marshall appears at the end of the first movie at the annual Genovia independence ball.

In a red-carpet interview , Marshall said he made "The Princess Diaries" for his granddaughters, saying the film was "Pretty Woman" for teenagers. Marshall also directed the lates rom-com, and he made several references to the film in "The Princess Diaries. Marshall's granddaughters, Lily and Charlotte , have cameos in the films.

The duo starred as autograph seekers in the first film and appear in the second film as Princess Camille and Princess Grace, respectively.

Marshall's daughter, Kathleen , also appeared in both films as Charlotte Kutaway, the queen of Genovia's secretary. Marshall made allusions to "Pretty Woman" throughout "The Princess Diaries," including using the same actor to play a waiter. In both films, the leading actress has a scene where she accidentally breaks a wine glass, and in both films, the waiter who cleans it up is played by actor and writer Marvin Braverman.

In "The Princess Diaries," Baverman even tells Hathaway's character, "It happens all the time," when she apologized for the mess. In a interview with Screen Slam, Hathaway said Marshall allowed the actors to give plenty of creative input into the film. For example, Hathaway helped come up with the broken-hairbrush scene and the pore strip her character wears in the movie.

Mia runs out of her debate disaster to a fitting song by Mpulz. This is a little preview of what Mia will go through on her way to living as royalty.

This movie is heavy on the "bird taking flight" imagery. Who could forget the Perry Como classic that Mia sings in music class?

Mia sings the song again when she is drenched and stuck in her convertible before the Grand Ball, but Joe saves the day with the limo. There was an epic music video of the Krystal song featuring acting from Anne Hathaway.

Finally, the song that made the movie. Mia's whole life is now about miracles happening. The movie has become so familiar that it's easy to forget how crazy her ride in Princess Land was. Michael and Mia dance the night away, do the robot, and share a kiss.

The artist of the song, Myra, can now give Mia a new message: "I don't need wings to help me fly. Miracles happen once in awhile, if you believe.

Allison McClain Merrill is an independent scholar and writer. She studies nostalgic programming through the decades but is equally fascinated by what is happening in television today. Educated in the fields of music, English, and religion, Allison loves to connect the dots that create the art we watch. When she's not writing about film and television, Allison is making music, teaching exercise classes, or spending time with friends and family.

Share Share Tweet Email 0. Related Topics Lists. You can thank Andrews for that, as making the tiny nation known for its fruit was entirely her idea. Elizondo revealed to Variety that Marshall was known for throwing literal parades while filming The Princess Diaries , complete with floats and a marching band. When Marshall found out that Hathaway had struggled to speak while wearing a retainer as a kid, he wrote the issue into the movie — and the actress, ever the professional, decided to wear her actual childhood retainer while filming.

Actor Erik Bragg only appeared on screen for a few moments in The Princess Diaries , but he ended up making it into the sequel — in an entirely different role. Go figure! Despite becoming a household name post- Diaries and winning rave reviews for her performance, Hathaway struggled to get cast in serious roles after the film was released, thanks to her widely seen princess portrayal. Can you blame her?

The upside? If a third movie does happen, pretty much everyone is on board; Matarazzo, Moore, Chris Pine, and other stars have shared their willingness to reprise their roles. Rachel Simon is the deputy editor at HelloGiggles. Change Makers. Type keyword s to search.