The Princess Diaries 3 is in pre-production
Anne Hathaway has revealed she “did push really hard” to get Julie Andrews to reprise her role as Queen Clarisse Renaldi in The Princess Diaries 3, after the 90-year-old ruled herself out of the long-awaited Disney sequel.
Earlier this month, Andrews admitted that she didn’t think she should be a part of the film.
Hathaway told Entertainment Tonight: “First of all, I just want to say if she has a change of heart, we’re down. Just anything, really. But we also want to be respectful.”
“Like, for goodness sakes, if anybody has contributed to the world of entertainment and to our collective joy, it’s her. Whatever she wants, we completely understand,” the Oscar winner added, before conceding: “We did push really hard to see if she would want to do it.”
Why Julie Andrews said no to Princess Diaries 3
Andrews, who told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month that she is “really past all that now”, said she is not completely retired but has moved to a different kind of work, which includes writing books, recording podcasts and doing voiceovers.
“But truly, I don’t think I should be a part of it,” she said.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, though the film continues the story of Mia Thermopolis, crowned queen of Genovia at the end of The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement – unmarried, after Parliament abolished the law requiring a queen to have a husband.
Chris Pine is reportedly returning for the third film.
