James Marsdenis teasing some powerful musical numbers in the upcoming sequel toEnchanted.
Premiering this year on Disney+,Disenchantedwill see the return of Marsden,Amy Adams,Patrick DempseyandIdina Menzel, 15 years after the original film.
“So all new original music, all the original cast coming back and more, and just expanding on that world, which was so much fun 15 years ago,” the actor says.
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Marsden also chats about the film in this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, saying he was excited to do a sequel because “the formula just worked” in the first movie.
“I think maybe for a year or two, there were conversationsabout what [a second movie] would look likeand what the story would be. But for some reason, it just didn’t happen,” he says. “I don’t know really why. And I was told over the years that they were trying to get it made and trying to get the script written. And finally they got it together and I was happy to jump back into the crazy suits and swing the sword again.”
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The actor says “hopefully"Disenchantedis “going to take that joy that we created on the first movie and bring it to a whole new generation of audiences who may not have seen the first film.”
“And all the fans from the original Enchanted, hopefully they’ll be happy to see this one, as well. It has been a long time coming,” Marsden adds.
The highly anticipated sequel has been in development since early 2010, according to the film’sIMDb page, andAdam Shankmanwas confirmed toreturn as directorin 2016.Disenchantedwrapped filming in Irelandin August 2021.
Maya Rudolphalsojoined the cast in May 2021as the sequel’s villain, Malvina Monroe. Additionally,DisenchantedstarsOscar Nuñez,Yvette Nicole BrownandJayma Mays.
Menzel, who reprises her role as Nancy Tremaine, spoke with PEOPLE in August 2021 about being “really excited” for fans tosee her belt it out inDisenchanted: “They gave me songs. They gave me music to sing, which I didn’t have in the first one, which was fine actually, everyone else made a big deal about it.”
“I was happy to be hired as just an actress, but now I’m really excited because these songs Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken wrote, the songs are incredible,” added theTony Awardwinner, 50. “But there’s so much music, and Amy singing her butt off, and it’s just Patrick singing and tap dancing. It’s really glorious and joyful and people are going to love it.”
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source: people.com
