>> Anne Hathaway received a regal welcome from moviegoers
everywhere with the 2001 really of the princess diaries of
funny coming of age story about the unpopular girl who becomes
royalty overnight. Well national plays the title role
in the modern fairy tale ella enchanted.
>> You think you’re doing to that form
says something she so often look I think it’s only fair to
warn that I practiced in ancient art.
Of Oregon, the paper folding I was hoping you wouldn’t know
that was done on this day as we talked to a dozen spots.
>> Anne Hathaway good morning, Iowa. And I were to meet you,
thank you so much you to my mom is so excited that I’m here
really well, well my daughters are very excited that you’re
here because we’re all big fans of yours from the princess
diaries and now you’re doing ella enchanted which is based
on a book who I want to give due credit to buy Gail Carson
Levine and I know that my daughter Ellie has read the
book had you read the book before you started this
project, yes I had I was given the book to read a few years
ago actually by Miramax and they said they were turning
into a film and I was actually really annoyed with myself that
I haven’t found it before that because after I read it I just
was astounded instantly became one of my favorites, they took
some poetic license with the book because I wanted them to
be she said, wow this is supposed to be in medieval
times and I said well it is, but it definitely has a modern
twist, a modern take on the story right in terms of the
movie definitely and fans of the fans of the book probably
will notice a lot of differences but I think the
book is so beautiful on its own and I think the film works
really well on its own and they are connected. But though by
the same character by the same kind of sense of fun and
freedom and and because of the belief in magic, it’s really
it’s a good movie it’s it’s sort of a twist on on the
classic Cinderella tale too, you know, it’s amazing to me
that the Cinderella story just never seems to grow old in that
hired I can they have their new takes on it all the time and
and children and grown-ups people just love that story
they do I think it’s a fun won’t revisit because there
something a really safe about happily ever after and really
liking that but also I think it’s wonderful to to rediscover
it as we kind of get older and can add your perspectives to
it’s wonderful to introduce that to children and I so think
that people like it because there’s such a clear
delineation between good and evil, I mean the study authors
or so with so awful zone as I am so much for that someone you
can’t hate you will. But the the awful one is just it’s just
cruel. Cruel and discussed. She’s like everything up not
just teenage. Lucy punch credit, that’s all of
performance, she’s the loveliest girl in the entire
world actually got to be very good friends during the course
of filming I know you compare this or are described as calm a
combo between to the princess diaries and shrek the sort of
the funny lines and it I think borrows a little bit from that
though you I think I think definitely the fact that it’s
kind of making fun of the fact that it’s a fairy tale or it
may not even making fun, but the fact that it’s aware that
it is a fairy tale is definitely similar to track,
but it’s still very very different as well and and
well a lot of us when it’s live action so that’s kind of a one
right right right, it’s not animated when we tell people
briefly what it’s about because I mentioned it’s it’s it’s
taken the Cinderella story but it’s about it love for adults,
but elephant yes. And instead of Cinderella at the El a
character being as sort of a girl who was very good and you
know patiently does chores and is kind of waiting for someone
to save her. She’s a girl who actually the day she was born
was given a ferry gift the gift of the BT unspent it quickly
proves to be a curse and she has to do everything that
anyone tells me to do and she gets to a lot of really kind of
bad situations because of it right says she makes the
decision to go off and break the spell herself and I love
the movie I think is a really great a political kind of
undertone yet to be a Preston and how to overcome that and
why it’s not a good idea which is a good message and what what
it means to be a woman who is empowered to yeah to basically
take her destiny in our own hands, you try that too and I
was reading it like it might be only one noticing a metaphor
for the glass ceiling right here is the glass slipper
exactly I have to say you do a fantastic job, not only of
acting in this movie but this scene of a nice little singing
voice and we’ve got a clip of you showing off her vocal
abilities singing somebody to love let’s take a less
>> that no he.
>> That’s of course the famous song by Freddie Mercury and
Queen it’s no small feat by the way to say like okay, I’m just
going to cover Freddie Mercury song. No problem whatsoever I
was scared, you did a great job and I love the music they
picked for this movie take it was and it was completely by
accident because actually the character of Ella wasn’t
supposed to sing in that scene but we went and they asked me
to do it and I said only 4 and a great song. So when to being
a Queen song and it sort of was the inspiration to have a lot
of 70’s songs and have coverage for them but it was great
because of course they were all songs from my high school was
like the trip down memory lane, 21 years old and I have to say
I so admire the fact that you have nots are to succumb to the
trappings of celebrity and sort of the sleazy Ness that seems
to attract a lot of young actresses these days doesn’t
trouble for saying that but we don’t judge. How if you kind of
resisted kind of going in that direction come I’m sure there’s
pressure on you to write that there’s a lot there’s a lot it
>> It’s a perfectly honest the reception that Princess diaries
was it.
guy floored me I was so flattered but it’s also really
scared because on the side of my life just got a lot bigger
and I didn’t feel ready for it so I I it was really kind of no
decision whatsoever and I thought the best place for me
was back at school. So I I went back to college where I’m
really I ask where you are Yasser. So and so I was I’m a
sophomore and us about a few semesters and by trying to and
that’s really really branding firm and it’s a cliche to be
like high case because it but it makes me always kind of
rethink who I am what I want and because of that I feel like
I can do better work the mix for rethink whether or not
actually want the whole celebrity think it’s a nasty
little beast isn’t it.
>> Yeah, I have a little taste of it and it’s tough especially
for someone who’s is young was very confusing and there’s a
lot of there’s a lot of different ways that your head
can get turned in and you can go down hot spots and it’s just
and get distracted from what you really want. Well what’s up
next what’s next for and half. Completed Princess diaries 2
there is going to be sequel Julie Andrews in Maryland who
says and it is amazing comes to love Julie Andrews well I
personally always loved Julie Andrews but I really love
jewels too so she’s so it’s just it’s I called him e so if
you’ve got that you can anything else. Yes actually I
was just cast in a roll them so it’s had about I’m going to be
doing and Lee’s next movie called perfect mountain.
Cool, yes with Heath ledger and Jake gyllenhaal the show you
not too shabby I’m very excited sort of feel like you just like
in a lot to be the cool club right now unlike bit me cool
awesome, I think it’s great congratulations on all your
success, thanks and best of luck to you and
keep your feet on the ground for that seems like you’ve got
a good head on your I try and
>> we are back now 8.40 with Oscar winner. Anne Hathaway who
is part of the all-star cast of the new movie ocean’s 8 you
place Daphne Kluger a celebrity who’s priceless necklace
becomes a target of a heist at the annual met gala take a
look.
The stern.
>> She was old enough to go to the Met ball pavley cares who’s
pressing her anyway. I think page 6.
I have about his wife he said that with everybody which is a
relic, I’m an iconic duo -7 meeting.
>> Yes oh my God, I love you with this movie and how it was
with us good morning. Thank you very much convention sitting so
casually I haven’t figured it out by the way we have long
legs. These chairs are not good weather little. A blocking a
camera so what we’re working on sitting, it’s a very successful
morning. So far doing so well talk about the past in this
>> Saying let Cate Blanchett Mindy kaling Sarah Paulson
movie.
riyana Helena Bonham Carter among others, it’s just wow
syriana ice every on every anniversary Anna think about
what was it like very first day of shooting looking around this
incredible.
>> Much of strong women what was that like oh man and it was
incredible women just I didn’t want to miss a minute of it so
normally if I’ve worked with people at that Miers Lake like
he’s from India in the past past I maybe would have felt
like oh I don’t want to
I want to annoy anybody or I don’t make too much of a fuss
right on to make the wrong impression and this one I was
I want to look at the view I want to enjoy it. I want to
like.
take everything I want to miss and minute of this one. And so
I just was like what if you I don’t know just be friends with
them what if you are enough today, it’s funny a lot and I
let it be that a lot of people might look at this cast and say
way these are these are strong powerful women they all have
played out at all it’s been really May’s am to watch kind
of the way certain members of the media have wanted us to
fight each other and the way they wanted there to be
competition and they add there to be cat fights, but we are
all collaborating you know all the time it just and now Wolf
friends and it’s just we genuinely love each other and
we’re so therefore each other like it’s it’s a beautiful
thing and now you’re and that’s actually I think within a
friendship is yes. That’s what it has been in my life and I
don’t know why I thought that it could be that it work I
guess because I was fed this myth but I mean, but we all
have had an experience that this proved it, you know I do
think you’re right about how sometimes the media wants to
see a fight I think any of us and first man to myself
included on the show like we actually like each other and
get along we like working together we cheer each other on
and I could see some and I sat down with a big group of you
and we’re going to show that next week but we actually saw
that in action and you guys really did become friends,
your character. So. Yeah, they did it was so much fun, it was
so fun to play this ridiculous person who doesn’t care about
anybody else over the top celebrity over that U haul from
you in the eye to just like it was just so fun. The worry that
to address and you pulled from anywhere. Just made up there is
this is this is yeah, I mean I’ve been in this business for
close to 20 years. And I’ve I’ve gotten to observe what
people think celebrities going to be like and I come from you
know very down to earth, yes family and if I ever tried to
pull any of the stuff they would have flap you you
glamour that I liked you wrote to your followers and you are
you’re gaining weight for a movie role and you said
basically to the people are going to fat shame me in the
upcoming months. It’s not me. It’s you you you’re gaining
weight for a role and you just wanted to life kind of let
people know back off. I it sounds kind of sad to say I
just want to be able to enjoy my summer and let everybody
know that I’m living in my body and I’m happy with my body and
it my body is different than what you’re used to or what you
think it should be
that’s yours and my experience is mine and I’m loving it so
did you have you ever been like that change in real life,
the people say things to you I don’t I don’t I don’t best all
the time, they’ll all the time and you know, and kind of the
ways where it’s overdone people say things to you and then
there’s kind of you know micro ones where people and then
there’s this this 1, 1, of my favorite things about what’s
happening in this moment, yeah is that a lot of a search or
are looking at the language that we use to choose him are
becoming more conscious about it. So maybe someone thought
that it wasn’t a big deal to say to 16 year-old this with
what happened to me. Congratulations you got the
part you can’t get any more weight, they said that yet
maybe they thought that that you know they were giving me
some good advice. But now. 20 years later, I’m able to say
like action that could have done more conscious and more
loving and it left me feeling, confused and and yes wife of
the walls earning how to communicate even all of us.
A lot of us are learning, I are taking up this opportunity to
become more conscious and more loving the way we communicate
with each other more compassion. Well, yes, this
movie happens and happens to hit not deafening here not that
by the way this movie is hitting at the perfect time for
women, we’re so happy for you Zain thanks for coming to Saint
Peter’s. See and what we think got us it. We did.