“Jimmy is so good as the prince, playing this larger than life character, he does it beautifully,” says Kevin Lima. Marsden invests his character with endearing humor, energy and innocence that are immensely appealing. Handsome and charismatic, James Marsden makes a perfect Prince Edward, singing, professing his love and bounding around the city, looking totally out of place, in huge puffy sleeves and breeches, searching for the love of his life. There are fantastic musical numbers in the film, plenty of action and romance - as well as broad physical comedy. In New York he has to contend with all kinds of difficult problems, many of them, emotional, not to mention Queen Narissa’s insecure and duplicitous henchman, Nathaniel, (played by Timothy Spall) as well as a chipmunk with an attitude. When his beautiful bride vanishes, Edward is beside himself with anguish and decides to follow her to New York (which he rapidly discovers is a very strange city, not at all to his liking) and much more difficult to navigate than his home, Andalasia, where everything is plain sailing. The innocent country maiden arrives in New York’s Times Square to discover that there are definitely no fairy tale endings – although life can be very exciting. The thought is unbearable and so she banishes Giselle to the very worst place she can imagine – modern day Manhattan. Prince Edward has an extremely wicked stepmother, Queen Narissa (Susan Sarandon), who fears that when Edward marries, she will lose her power and exalted position in Andalasia. Unfortunately - as in all the best Disney classics – true love does not run smooth. Apparently the feeling is mutual and the couple decide to get married the very next day. In the fairy tale kingdom of Andalasia, Prince Edward is intent on finding a bride, so much so, that when he crosses paths with the beautiful Giselle (Amy Adams), he falls instantly and madly in love. This is an unusual, modern, family film that turns the classic fairy tale theme on its head, while maintaining the old-fashioned Disney magic. “I play a man who is in love with being in love,” says James Marsden, who plays the handsome, swashbuckling and highly romantic Prince Edward, in the new Disney film ENCHANTED, directed by Kevin Lima. This unique twist on the classic Disney them, blends live action with traditional animation, to create a compelling romantic comedy that is full of music, drama, fantasy and real emotion. But sparks fly and she discovers that in modern day Manhattan, life and love are far more complicated (and interesting), although there is no guarantee of a happy ending. Banished to contemporary New York by the evil Queen, (Susan Sarandon) she meets a charismatic but cynical divorce lawyer – Patrick Dempsey – hardly her ideal man. The delightful new film, ENCHANTED, tells the story of a fairy tale maiden, Amy Adams, about to marry her dashing prince, James Marsden.
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