zachary levi was the voice actor for rapunzel in tangled.
zachary levi was the voice actor for rapunzel in tangled.
who is the voice actor for rapunzel in tangled?
zachary levi
supervising animator glen keane designed rapunzel under the tutelage of veteran animator ollie johnston, one of disney's nine old men. johnston advised keane to attempt to capture what rapunzel is thinking as opposed to simply animating what the character is doing after reviewing one of his early pencil tests. keane compared receiving this advice to receiving a "slap that i never forgot, so when i was drawing over people's work, i really tried to get into the head of the thinking of the character". co-director byron howard was inspired by the appearance of ariel from disney's "the little mermaid" (1989), a character who was also animated by keane. howard elaborated that "ariel was the first character that i ever thought there was a soul behind her eyes ... we hoped to do that with rapunzel to find some sort of soul and depth that people could relate to". meanwhile, keane observed that ariel and rapunzel also share "irrepressible" spirits while encountering barriers that prevent them from pursuing their dreams. keane was inspired by a book about the idea of feminine beauty; the book cited "strangeness" as "the key to beauty ... in a woman's face." taking this into consideration, keane maintained a sense of asymmetry while drawing rapunzel, incorporating into her face several subtle imperfections, specifically her bucked teeth. the character was also drawn with freckles, making her the first disney princess to have this feature. keane designed rapunzel with large eyes in order to convey her "irrepressible quality", a trait her also discovered in mandy moore's voice. the animators created nine different versions of rapunzel before finally settling on a design with which they were satisfied. although moore has observed some physical similarities between the character and herself, she maintains that rapunzel's appearance was developed long before she became involved with the project, dismissing any similarities as "coincidental".
rapunzel (tangled)
originally, flynn was conceived as a british farmer named bastian until his voice actor was finally cast. the directors cited actors errol flynn and gene kelly, and "star wars "character han solo, among several individuals by whom flynn was inspired. greno explained that "having flynn as a thief seemed like a fresh spin, especially in contrast to rapunzel, who is a really smart girl but is just locked away in this tower. so she has a very limited world view and flynn could complement that as this worldly guy." the film's change in title from "rapunzel "to the more gender-neutral "tangled "is due in part to flynn's role and involvement. first observing that the disney tradition is "to name the movie after the princess", the directors had initially thought that the film "would be structured like cinderella where there's cinderella and then a prince that pops into the movie once in a while". this changed, however, as flynn was gradually developed into a much more prominent character. howard explained that "when nathan and i figured out that this film was really about two characters, flynn and rapunzel, we knew that changing the title would be a good idea." meanwhile, the title "tangled" summarizes the relationship between protagonists flynn and rapunzel, and antagonist mother gothel. additionally, flynn also narrates the film, providing it with "an ironic counterpoint", according to "children's literature and learner empowerment: children and teenagers in english language education "author janice bland. as "an example of first-person voice-over narration", flynn's narration "compels the viewer to identify empathetically with" flynn and rapunzel.
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