Ella Enchanted
2004 film by Tommy O'Haver · Released 2004
Ella Enchanted is a 2004 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Tommy O'Haver from a screenplay co-written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, loosely based on Gail Carson Levine's 1997 novel. Starring Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy, the film is a satire of the fairy tale genre. The cast also features Cary Elwes, Vivica A. Fox, Joanna Lumley, Minnie Driver and Eric Idle. As an infant, Ella (Hathaway) receives a misguided present from her fairy godmother, a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from everyone, especially from her new stepfamily in order to protect the prince and soon to be king, a friend she is falling for.
Cast ages at release (2004)
- Anne Hathaway, as Ella of Frell: 21–22
- Cary Elwes, as Sir Edgar: 41–42
- Steve Coogan, as the voice of Heston: 38–39
- Minnie Driver, as Mandy: 33–34
- Vivica A. Fox, as Lucinda Perriweather: 39–40
- Lucy Punch, as Hattie: 26–27
- Joanna Lumley, as Dame Olga: 57–58
- Jimi Mistry, as Benny: 31
- Eric Idle, as the Narrator: 60–61
- Jim Carter, as Nish: 55–56
- Parminder Nagra, as Areida: 28–29
- Patrick Bergin, as Sir Peter: 52–53
- Jennifer Higham, as Olive: 19–20
- Heidi Klum, as Brumhilda: 30–31