See the "Ralph Breaks the Internet" Disney Princesses Next to the Actors Who Voice Them
In honor of the premiere of Ralph Breaks the Internet on November 6, the film's cast got together on the red carpet and, well, almost broke the Internet.
The film, which hits screens on November 21, brings together 14 of Disney's most iconic princesses — from 1937's Snow White to 2016's Moana — as millennial versions of themselves. Aside from three of the most vintage characters (Snow White, Aurora and Cinderella), each princess in the film is played by her original voice actor.
The fact that all of the princesses will appear onscreen (and, as of Tuesday night, IRL) together for the first time is only part of why their cameo in the film is so exciting. A clip from the film shows the animated royal squad making fun of the traditional "princess" tropes that they helped create in the first place, turning certain stereotypes on their head. "Do people assume all your problems got solved because a big strong man showed up?" Rapunzel asks the film's protagonist, Vanellope, when she stumbles into the princess's hangout on OhMyDisney.com. When she responds, "Yes! What is up with that?" the princesses declare her one of their own once and for all.
Scroll through to see what each of the princesses looks like in real life, and get ready to see (or, erm, hear) them on-screen later this month.
Disney/Getty Images1/14Idina Menzel as Elsa
Broadway star Idina Menzel is back at it again as ice princess Elsa, and our fingers are seriously crossed that it means we'll get to hear a few lines of "Let It Go" in Ralph Wrecks the Internet. (We can dream!!)
2/14Jodi Benson as Ariel
Look at this stuff, isn't it neat? Namely, that the original Little Mermaid voice star Jodi Benson is back to play Ariel for another round.
Disney/Getty Images3/14Paige O'Hara as Belle
Paige O'Hara played the original Belle in the 1991 version of Beauty and the Beast, so no doubt you'll recognize her voice onscreen this time around (especially if you watched the movie a many times as I did as a kid).
Disney/Getty Images4/14Linda Larkin as Jasmine
Linda Larkin first graced us with "A Whole New World" in 1992, and clearly shares her character's affinity for gorgeous jewelry.
Disney/Getty Images5/14Jennifer Hale as Cinderella
The late Ilene Woods played Cinderella in the 1950 Disney animated classic, and actress Jennifer Hale was tapped to reprise the role for Wreck It Ralph 2.
6/14Auli'i Cravalho as Moana
Auli'i is back as Moana of Montinui, and who knows "how far she'll go" into the depths of the worldwide web for Wreck It Ralph 2?
Disney/Getty Images7/14Ming-Na Wen as Mulan
Ming-Na Wen is reprising her trailblazing role as Mulan, the first East Asian Disney Princess.
Disney/Getty Images8/14Kelly Macdonald as Merida
Merida is back and braver than ever, care of her original voice Kelly Macdonald.
9/14Kate Higgins as Sleeping Beauty
Kate Higgins will replace "Disney Legend" Mary Costa as the voice of Aurora, a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty.
10/14Anika Noni Rose as Tiana
Anika Noni Rose is back as Tiana, and made headlines earlier this year when she met with Disney to request that they re-animate Tiana after they were accused of whitewashing her. "I was able to express how important it is to the little girls (and let’s face it, grown women) who felt represented by her that her skin tone stay as rich as it had been, and that her nose continue to be the little round nose that [The Princess and the Frog animator] Mark so beautifully rendered in the movie; the same nose on my very own face and on many other little brown faces around the world, that we so rarely get to see represented in fantasy," she said in a statement.
Disney/Getty Images11/14Kristen Bell as Anna
Ahead of Frozen 2, Kristen Bell will join her on-screen sister Idina Menzel in reprising the role of Princess Anna.
Disney/Getty Images12/14Mandy Moore as Rapunzel
Mandy Moore took a break from her busy This Is Us schedule to play Rapunzel again, and we could not be more excited.
13/14Pamela Ribon as Snow White
Pamela Ribon will replace as Snow White the voice actor Adriana Caselotti, who ate the poison apple in the 1937 version of the film.
14/14Irene Bedard as Pocahontas
Irene Bedard is back as Pocahontas, and their shared mastery of the pointed stare makes it easy to see why.
