Having ‘the most forgettable pretty face’ is key to being a Disney princess
Sarah Daniels, now 32, admitted that being solid as a Disney theme park character is much less about being enticing and extra about mixing in with the opposite ladies who're at present in the identical position.
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Disney reminiscences are supposed to final eternally, however not in terms of princesses.
A former Disney performer shared the important thing to getting employed as one of many iconic characters: having a “forgettable fairly face.”
Melanie, who withheld her final identify for privateness causes, informed Insider about her expertise touchdown a task as a Disney performer on the widespread theme parks.
The TikTok and Twitch star started auditioning at Disney when she turned 18 and tried out for various roles 13 instances earlier than being solid as Drizella Tremaine, certainly one of Cinderella’s evil stepsisters.
“The usual that you just’re attempting to realize whenever you’re attempting to get employed as a princess basically is what's the most forgettable fairly face you possibly can have,” she mentioned.
She usually shares tales of her expertise auditioning and dealing at Disney parks on TikTok as @magicgirlmelanie. Melanie claimed that the primary spherical of cuts in her audition had been made after casting administrators lined everybody up and gave them a as soon as over.
“You may’t show something, it’s simply what some strangers assume your face appears like,” she mentioned. “You may’t earn it actually, which is difficult. It’s arduous to just accept.”
Sarah Daniels, 32, who labored at Disney parks and cruises as Mickey Mouse, Alice, Wendy, Tinker Bell, Ariel and younger Elsa for almost a decade, agreed with Melanie’s claims.
“That’s a really humorous quote for her. Good for her,” Daniels informed The Submit.
The musical-theater actress mentioned casting administrators like “everybody to seem like one another” so that there's continuity when completely different folks play the identical position.
Daniels additionally mentioned that snagging a task as a face character is about “having regular options” — in addition to the proper peak and measurement.
“It won't even be about your face,” she mentioned. She defined that the parks are largely trying to find somebody who matches the costume and appears good within the wig.
“There’s a thousand white ladies who seem like Cinderella,” Daniels mentioned.
Whereas the previous Disney character actor ultimately earned the coveted spot as a stage performer, she mentioned the position was not about having expertise — and even being stunning. “Being a face character, you’re just about only a Barbie. You’re only a chick in a wig,” she mentioned.
And as soon as Daniels was upgraded to a performer, two members of Disney’s casting workforce identified that the 21-year-old’s 5-foot, 115-pound determine didn’t match the Little Mermaid Ariel’s 16-year-old cartoon body, which despatched her spiraling into an consuming dysfunction that lasted previous her Disney days.
A “silhouette situation” is a typical concern for girls solid in these roles, notably those that play Ariel and splash round in her grotto in solely a mermaid tail and bikini prime.
Daniels additionally posts TikToks as @sarahdanielstv about her time at “The Happiest Place on Earth” and mentioned there appears to be endless curiosity about her experiences.
Disney didn't reply to The Submit for a remark.
“I believe there’s this bizarre factor about being a Disney princess. Ladies think about that being informed you’re stunning sufficient to be a princess will give them confidence and validation since you’ve finished one of the best you are able to do,” Daniels mentioned.
However, she added: “It’s a coveted factor. It’s not a magical factor.”
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