Julie Andrews Breaks Silence on Involvement With ‘Princess Diaries 3’: We’re ‘So Much Older’

07.12.2022 - 03:29 / usmagazine.com

The queen has spoken! Julie Andrews broke her silence on whether she’ll be involved with a third Princess Diaries movie.

“I think we know that it’s probably not going to be possible,” the Sound of Music star, 87, said during a Tuesday, December 6, interview with Access Hollywood while promoting her new children’s book with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton.

“It was talked about very shortly after [the sequel] came out but it’s now how many years since then? And I’m that much older and Annie, the princess, or queen, is so much older and I’m not sure whether it would float or run,” Andrews — who portrayed Clarisse Renaldi in the first two movies — explained, adding that costar and onscreen granddaughter Anne Hathaway is “a great friend.”

The England native’s daughter then suggested, “Maybe with another generation.” Andrews replied, “Well maybe, yes. But in terms of us doing it, I very much doubt that now.”

The Mary Poppins star’s comments come after a November report from The Hollywood Reporter which stated that screenwriter Aadrita Mukerji is working on a script for a continuation of the films. Hathaway, 40, previously expressed interest in reprising her role as Mia Thermopolis.

“There is a script for the third movie. There is a script,” she said during a January 2019 appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen. “I want to do it. Julie wants to do it. Debra Martin Chase, our producer, wants to do it. We all really want it to happen.”

The Devil Wears Prada actress added: “It’s just we don’t want to [do it] unless it’s perfect because we love it just as much as you guys love it. It’s as important to us as it is to you, and we don’t want to deliver anything until it’s ready, but we’re working on it.”

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