If there’s one
thing we can all agree on, it’s that there’s nothing quite as “happily
ever after” as a Disney Princess movie. We love them so much we wanted
to know more about them, so we did some proverbial digging and unearthed
some pretty awesome facts about our favorite films. What facts? Well,
these:
1. In
Beauty and the Beast, the majority of the sculptures seen in the castle are different, earlier versions of Beast.
DISNEY : 9 Movie Facts Just For Disney Princess Fans
2. Dr. Facilier is the only character in
The Princess and the Frog to refer to himself by that name. All the others call him “The Shadow Man.”
DISNEY : 9 Movie Facts Just For Disney Princess Fans
3. The running gag in
Sleeping Beauty where Flora and
Merriweather argue about what color Aurora’s dress should be (pink or
blue) comes from the filmmaker’s
problem deciding just that.
DISNEY : 9 Movie Facts Just For Disney Princess Fans
4. Christopher Daniel Barnes was only 16 years old when he recorded his voice for Prince Eric in
The Little Mermaid. The producers felt his voice sounded much older than he really was.
DISNEY : 9 Movie Facts Just For Disney Princess Fans
5. 309 girls audition for the part of Cinderella.
DISNEY : 9 Movie Facts Just For Disney Princess Fans
6. 55 animators were involved in designing the character of Pocahontas.
DISNEY : 9 Movie Facts Just For Disney Princess Fans
7. Mulan’s name means “wood orchid” or “magnolia.” As such, magnolias serve as a running motif in the movie.
DISNEY : 9 Movie Facts Just For Disney Princess Fans
8. Over 45,000 lanterns
were used during the “I See the Light” sequence in
Tangled.
DISNEY : 9 Movie Facts Just For Disney Princess Fans
9. In
Brave, Merida has 1500 strands of hair.
Do you know any fun facts about Disney Princess movies? Tell us in the comments!