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  • When Edward is on top of the bus, the people riding the tour buses next to him, laughing and pointing at him, aren’t extras but real tourists.
  • In the scene where Edward is run over by the cyclists, James Marsden was actually hit by them for real. The cyclists were just meant to “bump” him, and he would fake a fall. But Marsden didn’t think it looked good, so he insisted on filming a real collision.
  • The scene director, Kevin Lima, found the most challenging to shoot was the musical number “That’s How You Know” in Central Park. The five-minute scene took 17 days to finish due to changing weather, leaving only seven sunny days to film it. The filming was also hampered at times by Patrick Dempsey’s fans.
  • The actresses who provided the voices for three previous animated Disney Princesses made appearances in this movie: Jodi Benson (“Ariel” in The Little Mermaid (1989)), Paige O’Hara (“Belle” in Beauty and the Beast (1991)), and Judy Kuhn as the title character’s singing voice in Pocahontas (1995). Also, Dame Julie Andrews, who starred as the title character in Disney’s live-action Mary Poppins (1964), provided her voice here as The Narrator, and Idina Menzel, who played Nancy, voiced Queen Elsa in Disney’s Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019).
  • Robert Philip (Patrick Dempsey) works at a law firm named Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, and Paul J. Smith, the surnames of the songwriters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
  • Disney had originally planned to add Giselle to the Disney Princess line-up, as shown at a 2007 toy fair, where the Giselle doll was featured with packaging declaring her a Disney Princess, but decided against it when they realized they would have to pay for lifelong rights to Amy Adams’ image.
  • While Giselle is looking into the fish tank, “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid (1989) plays in the background. In the same scene, Jodi Benson played the secretary. She played Ariel in The Little Mermaid (1989).
  • The restaurant at which Edward and Giselle have dinner is named “Bella Notte”. That is the name of the song sung while Lady and Tramp eat spaghetti in Lady and the Tramp (1955).
  • HIDDEN MICKEY: The bus driver’s hair is shaped like Mickey Mouse’s ears, as are the green pepper slices on the pizza that Robert and Giselle are served at the Bella Notte restaurant.
  • According to Kevin Lima (in his director’s commentary on YouTube), his favorite scene was the argument between Giselle (Amy Adams) and Robert (Patrick Dempsey), because you can see Robert falling in love with Giselle.
  • Enchanted began filming on April 17, 2006.