4.
In
earlier
iterations,
Reese
Witherspoon
and
Kate
Hudson
were
considered
to
star.
5.
A
whopping
300
actresses
auditioned
for
the
role
of
Giselle,
but
Lima
immediately
knew
Amy
Adams
was
his
princess
when
she
walked
in
the
room.
“She
looked
like
a
Disney
character,”
the
filmmaker
told
THR. “She’s
got
those
beautiful
round
eyes
and
fair
skin.
Boy,
I
just
crossed
my
fingers
and
hoped
that
she
understood
how
to
play
the
character.”
Spoiler:
Adams
completely
nailed
it,
with
Lima
calling
her
a “revelation.”
What
he
was
looking
for “was
someone
who
didn’t
judge
the
character’s
naivete,
an
actor
who
could
disappear
into
the
role
and
never
wink
at
the
role
while
they
were
playing
it
and
ever
think
that
what
they
were
doing
was
ridiculous,”
he
explained. “Truly,
she
was
the
only
woman
who
came
into
the
room
with
that
quality.
I
knew
in
that
moment
that
I
could
make
this
movie.”
6.
But
Lima’s
early
conversations
with
the
studio “had
to
do
with
the
aesthetic
of
casting
a
star
verses
an
unknown,
or,
in
Amy’s
case,
a
relative
newcomer,”
Lima
shared
in
an
intervew
with
MovieMaker,
adding
he
was
pushing
to
crown
a
less
established
actress.
While
Disney
originally
wanted
a
major
star,
Adams
managed
to
enchant
them.
“The
discussions
with
the
studio
after
that
audition
were
quite
easy,”
Lima
revealed. “Amy’s
audition
tape
was
all
that
was
needed
to
convince
them
that
Giselle
had
arrived.”
