Anya Taylor-Pleasure Would Love To Take On This Disney Princess Position

If Disney had been to ever produce a live-action adaption of its hit animated movie, “Frozen,” Anya Taylor-Pleasure would like to get a name.

“Frozen,” which stars Kristen Bell (Anna), Idina Menzel (Elsa), Josh Gad (Olaf), and Jonathan Groff (Kristoff), has captivated audiences worldwide because it premiered in 2013, and several other follow-up films are at present in growth, together with a 3rd installment, which is able to hit theaters on November 24, 2027.

Though the plot particulars for “Frozen 3” stay secret, Disney Animation Chief Artistic Officer Jennifer Lee shared in October 2023 that she has been “blown away” by the progress and creativity proven by the filmmakers to this point.

Whereas Anya Taylor-Pleasure isn’t set to look within the third “Frozen” movie, she says she would love to look in a live-action adaptation if Disney had been to ever make one.

In a canopy interview for Vogue Hong Kong‘s September 2024 challenge, the 28-year-old actress talked about her need to do a musical, noting that she’s “a bit hooked on laborious work.”

“I’d like to do a musical as a result of I’m a bit hooked on laborious work,” she informed the outlet. “I like having an not possible mountain to climb. The thought of getting to have the ability to sing, dance, and act on the similar time would simply actually thrill me.”

When requested about her dream Disney function, Taylor-Pleasure responded, “I believe ‘Frozen’ could be fairly nice. It will be very enjoyable to shoot ice out of your hand.”

“Additionally, you’d simply be the favourite at each child’s party,” she added. “All of my siblings have kids now, so I’d love for them to have the ability to say, ‘My auntie is Elsa.’ That will be fairly sick.”

She landed her first audition for the movie “Maleficent,” although it finally went to Ella Purnell.

Taylor-Pleasure has a various cultural background. Her father, of Argentine and Scottish heritage, relocated the household for his job as a global banker when she was a child. Her mom, initially from Zambia, has Spanish and English ancestry.

“It has taken me a very very long time to have the ability to simply get pleasure from it as a energy reasonably than a sense of ‘I’m not sufficient of something to have the ability to slot in wherever,'” she informed the outlet of getting such a various background. “Numerous issues which are unimaginable strengths whenever you’re a child, as an grownup it feels such as you simply get a number of programming or messaging again which is ‘you’re not from right here.’”

“I believe my favourite factor about my upbringing and a part of the rationale why I like to journey a lot is as a result of I’ve a number of time and empathy and love for different individuals’s cultures,” the actress added. “Whereas I’ve a number of pleasure in all of the cultures that I come from, I actually don’t assume I’m higher than something or anybody. And I like that strategy to the world. I see all the pieces as a chance to study reasonably than a chance to evaluate. Life is extra enjoyable that approach.”

Whereas she rose to fame because of her appearing expertise, Anya Taylor-Pleasure has one other passion–traveling and writing. In truth, she says she could be a Nationwide Geographic author if she weren’t on the massive display screen.

“I actually like to journey and attending to know different individuals’s cultures. I’ve realized that I’m a little bit of an adrenaline junkie, so I believe that performs into it,” she informed Vogue. “Or I’d be working with animals – I’ve all the time cherished orcas and tigers particularly, so no matter would let me work with each of them. Oh, a Nationwide Geographic author! That’s what I’d be doing.”

Regardless of branching into a unique style of performing arts, dance stays a vital component of her profession.

“My background as a dancer has helped me with all the pieces in my life. It’s not solely the self-discipline that it instills in you,” she informed the outlet. “I danced ballet from ages 3 to fifteen, and it doesn’t matter when you go to a celebration; you’re up at 5 o’clock within the morning to get to that six o’clock dance lesson.”

Taylor-Pleasure shared that her ballet coaching helped her memorize chess strikes through the filming of “The Queen’s Gambit” and improved her stunts in “Furiosa.”

“I see appearing as a rhythm factor; I virtually hear it as music, and that helps a lot with stunt choreography since you’re in a dance with each different performer round you,” she continued. “So that you don’t solely know your personal beats, you realize all people else’s beats with a purpose to preserve everybody protected.”