James Marsden jokes about 15-year gap between 'Enchanted' and 'Disenchanted'
15 years after "Enchanted" opened in theaters, fans can see the story continue in "Disenchanted" and star James Marsden is teasing what to expect when the sequel premieres next year.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, the 48-year-old actor, who plays Prince Edward, teased the movie will acknowledge the length of time that passed since everyone supposedly went off on their happily ever after.
"I have never felt older," he laughed. "Fifteen years is not the sort of time frame you want to wait for the sequel of your movie where you play a Disney prince. You go back in and you just got a belly and three chins."
"I think we made something special," Marsden said. "I hope people will dig it."
Because 15 years will have passed between the first film and second's upcoming release, Marsden said he was skeptical that the sequel was being made at first.
"They have been talking about making it for years ... I got my hopes up many times before," the actor said. "And recently I was like, 'Sure, sure, they're going to make it.' And last year they said, 'We are actually doing this, and they sent songs, and I am like, 'OK, this is actually real.'"
"Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz did all of the music again, and Amy Adams [is] playing her great role as Princess Giselle," Marsden added. "It was a lot of fun getting back and working with Idina [Menzel] and getting the pipes back to working properly and the singing stuff."
"Disenchanted," also starring Patrick Dempsey and Maya Rudolph, will waltz onto Disney+ sometime in 2022.
