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Jennifer Lopez recently fueled rumors of her casting in Disney’s live-actionTangledmovie. As many are aware, the news of the upcoming movie was confirmed in December, although there were rumors about it for a while. Interestingly, apart from reports of Michael Gracey taking on the helm of the project, most details remain undisclosed.
As a result, fans have been wondering who could be the ones to represent such iconic characters on screen. Although many names have been presented by the fans for the roles of Rapunzel as well as Flynn Rider, the question of who could be the best suited actor for Mother Gothel remained.
Incidentally, Jennifer Lopez recently fueled the flames of speculation by liking a bunch of posts about her being cast as the titular character in the upcoming movie. However, fans were not happy about it.
Jennifer Lopez recently fueled rumors of her casting in Disney’s upcoming live-actionTangledmovie
As mentioned above, the confirmation about a live-actionTangledmovie being in development at Disney came from aDeadlinereport in December. The outlet was also the one to state thatTheGreatest Showmandirector Michael Gracey is in conversation with the studio about taking on the director’s role for the upcoming release.
Interestingly, although many rumors have floated since then about thepotential casting for the live-actionTangled, no official nods have ever been given to those. That is untilJennifer Lopeztook it upon herself to fuel the flames of rumors. Lopez’s name has been floating around for a while as a potential cast for the role of Rapunzel’s adoptive mother/kidnapper Mother Gothel.
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However, nobody actually took it seriously. In the meantime,The Motheractress has gone ahead and liked a bunch of posts speculating about her playing the titular character in the movie. Inevitably, fans took it as a confirmation of her taking on the task of making the character come alive, and they are not happy about it.
Fans are outraged at Jennifer Lopez’s potential casting in the upcomingTangledlive-action
Fans have been feeling wary of Disney’stendency to focus on making live-actions and spin-offsof old classics for a while. One of the main reasons behind that seems to be that rehashing the same content again and again, even if they are in different mediums, as it takes the charm away from it. Something that is, unfortunately, impacting the studio’scash cowTheLion Kingfranchiseheavily.
As a result, they do not want a beloved story likeTangledto be tainted by the same. As such, they also seem to believe that the casting for it has to be perfect as well. Especially when it comes to Mother Grothel. Fans argue that as the main antagonist in the story of Rapunzel, the actor portraying her should be able to match her energy to a T.
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Unfortunately, for Jennifer Lopez, fans do not believe that she would be able to portray the character well. Inevitably, this has sparked a huge debate on the internet. While most commented that the singer would be“THE WORST”choice for the role, there were some who seemed to agree with the vision.
Jennifer Lopez fuels rumors that she will play Mother Gothel in Disney’s live-action ‘Tangled’ after liking posts about her taking on the role.pic.twitter.com/wi0yY5rIGJ
This would be THE WORST casting
what about her gives mother gothelpic.twitter.com/LWe95ZSBnB
i’m like the only person not on the jlo hate bandwagon but this would be a CHOICE
They already look similar so I think it’s perfect
Imagine the vocals and presence Jennifer Lopez could bring to Mother Knows Best. If Disney can dream big, so can we.
There has been a lot of speculation around#JLopossibly playing the role of Mother Gothel in Disney’s live-action#Tangledand those rumors went into overdrive tonight when@jloliked multiple of my tweets about her playing the character.It would be so EPIC to see Jennifer…pic.twitter.com/mcsl3etIMo
Nonetheless, nothing has been officially confirmed yet, so it’ll be interesting to see if Disney or Lopez herself comments on the matter anytime soon. It is pertinent to point out that fans had a prettysimilar reaction to Ariana Grande being fancast in Disney’s upcomingHerculeslive-action movie.
Although both movies remain tight-lipped about crucial casting details, fans seem excited about bothTangledandHerculesregardless.
The animatedTangledmovie is available on the Disney+ app.
Anushree Banerjee
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Anushree Banerjee is an Anime Writer at FandomWire with over 550 published articles. She has a post-grad in English and years of experience working with some of the biggest companies on the pop culture, and anime scene, such as, Sportskeeda, Pinkvilla, and MovieWeb. Staying on top of everything anime consumes her days, while bingeing on everything horror, and thriller keeps her up at night. Be it superhero flicks from Marvel and DC, or Shonen, and Seinen, like Bleach, The Apothecary Diaries, and Attack on Titan, she can probably state facts about them faster than she can recite her home address.
