An odd but delightful footnote: was produced by Whitney Houston (yes, that Whitney Houston) through her company BrownHouse Productions. Houston saw herself in the story of a diamond in the rough. Her influence gave the film a polished, professional sheen.
: The iconic scene where Mia slips and falls on the rainy bleachers was a genuine accident. Marshall found it so charming and funny that he kept it in the final cut. the princess diaries 2001
The Princess Diaries avoids the pitfalls of many teen movies of its era by focusing on character growth over just romantic success. While the romance with Michael Moscovitz (Robert Schwartzman) is sweet, the real triumphs are Mia finding her voice, standing up to bullies, and realizing that "courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." An odd but delightful footnote: was produced by
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