Mother Gothel [Murphy] had," as the actress had felt different about "a slightly different ending to something musically in the arrangement," requesting to try something else, to which the filmmakers responded, "Absolutely!" Mother Gothel appears in "Tangled "(2010). For hundreds of years, Gothel, a vain old woman, hoards the rejuvenation powers of a magical flower in order to remain young and beautiful, while selfishly keeping the flower's whereabouts a secret from the rest of the kingdom. However, when the pregnant Queen of Corona falls fatally ill, the flower is desperately retrieved and fed to her, healing her and in turn inadvertently stripping
Mother Gothel for the storyline" remains one of the "classic hallmarks of Disney animation". According to Kay Turner, author of the book "Transgressive Tales: Queering the Grimms", "Gothel" means "godmother" in German. The directors admitted that they were not keen on hiring solely big-named, A-list celebrities or top-billed actors to voice the film's main characters. Howard explained that, in order to be cast, the actors simply had to have the "right voice" for the characters, preferring voice actors "who could ... bring a natural ease to those characters." Greno elaborated, "It was never about how big the star was ... It was