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3. Menzel and Bell auditioned and met with the producers of Tangled for the role of Rapunzel, which ultimately went to Mandy Moore. (Fontana originally auditioned for the role of Flynn in the 2010 film as well).
Bell, whose dream since she was a little girl was to voice a Disney character, was the "very first actress" to audition for Anna, with Lee saying, "We did audition a lot of people for that but she was the first and the best. We just fell in love with her."
4. Menzel's audition, meanwhile, was actually a table-read with Bell before both had been officially cast, according to Lee: "They read the whole script and at the end—we didn't have any songs written yet—and what they did was sing a duet and they sung 'Wind Beneath My Wings,' but they sung it like sisters and what you mean to me. And there wasn't a dry eye in the house after they sang...that is when they knew, that was the whole potential and understanding the power of music and of what this emotional story can be."