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estefan wrote:Mirabel's design. The glasses are a nice touch and allow her to stand out a bit more from other Disney heroines.

“I’m Colombian on my father’s side, and playing this role fills me with immense pride,” continues Beatriz. “As a Disney kid, I’d burn through my VHS tapes and adored every single magical story that the world of Disney introduced me to. I learned in those that stories that anything is possible, especially if you believe in magic and the goodness rooted deep inside us all.”

The voice cast also includes María Cecilia Botero, Wilmer Valderrama, Adassa, Diane Guerrero, Mauro Castillo, Angie Cepeda, Jessica Darrow, Rhenzy Feliz and Carolina Gaitan.

Little Candles Day is a widely observed traditional holiday in Colombia. It is celebrated on December 7 on the eve of the Immaculate Conception, which is a public holiday in Colombia. This day is the unofficial start of the Christmas season in the country.

On this night, people place candles and paper lanterns on windowsills, balconies, porches, sidewalks, streets, parks and squares; in short, everywhere they can be seen, in honor of the Virgin Mary and her Immaculate Conception. On December 8 it is customary for houses to hoist a white flag with the image of the Virgin Mary all day. They also hold numerous events, from firework shows to competitions.

nomad2010 wrote:You’d think Disney would realize audiences want big lush adaptations of fairy tales. I don’t know how after Tangled and Frozen they’d start to get that picture.

D82 wrote: https://i.imgur.com/dF1hPrJ.jpg

D82 wrote:

robster16 wrote:It's a magical house, maybe it shape shifts...

I don't know if the house will shape shift, but it definitely is alive and will probably be like a character in the movie.

estefan wrote:I will probably get flack for saying this, but I actually admire Disney's restraint in that regard. Most studios would look at the massive success of Frozen and decide "hey, let's keep making a bunch of musical fairy tales." But they've largely avoided telling adaptations of classic stories since Frozen, with the exception of Gigantic, which was cancelled. Instead, there's been a shift towards making movies not based on pre-existing material, Big Hero 6 being the lone exception.

Disney's Divinity wrote:

estefan wrote:I will probably get flack for saying this, but I actually admire Disney's restraint in that regard. Most studios would look at the massive success of Frozen and decide "hey, let's keep making a bunch of musical fairy tales." But they've largely avoided telling adaptations of classic stories since Frozen, with the exception of Gigantic, which was cancelled. Instead, there's been a shift towards making movies not based on pre-existing material, Big Hero 6 being the lone exception.

Didn't you say the exact opposite of this barely 24 hours ago?

Mirabel, a kind and humble teenager who puts the ordinary in extraordinary, struggles to fit in a family that’s blessed with magical powers.

Antonio may be shy, but his huge heart is his biggest asset—rivaled only by his newly received magical ability to communicate with animals.

The new trailer includes an original song from the film, “Colombia, Mi Encanto,” performed by 17-time GRAMMY® and Latin GRAMMY winner, singer, songwriter and actor Carlos Vives, who’s a native of Santa Marta, Colombia. “This song is a celebration of the magical diversity of Colombia,” says Vives. “I can’t wait to see how the music will blend with the images and the characters inspired by the ‘encanto’ of Colombians.”

Disney's Divinity wrote:This is the best shot of her face that we've seen so far. I don't know, even though this is better than the others, she looks like an elementary school teacher in this picture though.

Disney's Divinity wrote:Yeah, that's a good point and a good idea! I hope it turns out to be the case. It would be kind of sad though if even the house is magical, but not Mirabel.

Disney's Divinity wrote:Where is the girl who was in the yellow dress (who looked around the same age as Isabela and the others)? There's a couple dancing in yellow, but neither look like her. I love the grandmother's design as well as Isabela's. The parents will probably be interesting, maybe.

Disney's Divinity wrote:The best comparison I can think of for Mirabel's design is Merida--that kind of design that looks great at certain moments and bland or outright bad at others.

D82 wrote: Speaking of that, she's always shown surrounded by children. I wonder if she'll discover that her "special gift" is being a teacher.

Are you referring to this character?

Disney's Divinity wrote:I have this theory. I know I discussed with someone in the Raya thread how much Raya seemed inspired by Kingdom Hearts in different ways--probably because people at the studio actually interacted with Square Enix during the making of Kingdom Hearts 3 unlike past titles. Well, about how I'd said before that her dress reminded me of the Dream Eaters... Perhaps her power is something in that vein--Dream Eaters help to protect from Nightmares. Perhaps her "power" is one that helps other people realize their dreams in some sort of way? Help them identify it or cultivate it somehow? And that kind of power would go along with being a teacher.

Disney's Divinity wrote:I guess it is her. But her skin's so much lighter than that.Yeah, Mirabel's parents weren't in the trailer from what I could see, I was going by the portraits of them together in that first poster. Sorry, that was probably confusing.

DisneyEra wrote:These two

In dialogue with La FM, María Cecilia Botero said that being able to participate in an animated Disney film represents a wonderful honor that she never imagined having.

"I had received an invitation a long time ago and at the beginning of this year the invitation came back to me again, so she decided to give me the opportunity to send my voice as requested by the brand. After a couple of days they notified me that they liked it and then I became Grandma Madrigal.

The renowned Colombian actress acknowledged that being in this film made it possible to fulfill a dream that almost all people have inside, because "when we are little we all want to be in Disney in some way, because it is a wonderful universe and we carry that inside".

"When they want to make a movie inspired by the charm of Colombia and they call me, I felt super happy and very proud because I was able to participate in a beautiful Disney movie and even though the voice is in English, I feel it was great," she added.

Botero pointed out that this participation also represents a 'check' in the things that she had yet to do throughout her acting career. "Now I am very happy and eager to see the movie."

The actress clarified that it was also a surprise for her to see the first images of the film, because despite her collaboration in the production, she has been learning about new details of the film at the same time as the public.

"Disney has an encryption of the information and all this time we could not mention the issue due to the confidentiality that is handled, they do that with all their tapes and they are releasing little by little to keep us interested in the premiere," she added.

María Cecilia Botero explained that in Madrigal, she wanted to convey the unconditional and unique love that a grandmother feels for her grandchildren, which is much freer than she has for her children.

"I think I contributed to the theme of the emotion of the grandchildren, but then there is not much of my own grandmothers in this character, except in the memory of the affection that a grandmother provides," she added.

Botero said that when her grandmother told her something, she gave a caress, it conveyed a feeling different from any story or other caress, "I wanted to offer that element to grandmother Madrigal, that genuine affection and a freer love than is felt for the children".

“The film manages to portray the magical, romantic, diverse Colombia. It is very nice to see that we have something like this to show as a country, beyond the already known stories of drug traffickers,” the actress mentions.

Regarding the film's production process, Carolina details that it was a two-year process from the initial casting to the recordings and intense days seeking to find the meaning of each character. In addition, she adds, the Disney team carried out an exhaustive fieldwork in the country knowing each of the regions mentioned in the film.

That interest in knowing the country and what it means to be Colombian was noticed even at the time of the casting, according to the actress. "I had prepared all my repertoire of productions and aspects of my career that I wanted to mention and a large part of the casting was focused on knowing about how I grew up, what my family was like, what my childhood was like."

In addition to playing ‘Pepa’, Carolina is also in charge of the character's voice when singing. From the hand of the composer Lin Manuel Miranda, recognized by great productions such as Hamilton and Moana, the actress had to learn to sing in the best Disney style. “Working with such great people, that you admire, has been incredible. I grew up watching Disney, I know all their movies and this is basically a dream come true, ” she says.