In Enchanted, the troll that attacks Giselle in the begining wears a loincloth that consists of remnants of the Disney princesses’ dresses; Snow White’s rags, Belle’s village dress, Aurora’s peasant dress, and Cinderella’s maid outfit. Also, his earrings are the shells from Ariel’s bra
In the “That’s How You Know” sequence of Enchanted, there is one section with elderly men and women dancing. One of the men, Harvey Evans (the tall man in the yellow jacket), appeared in Mary Poppins as a chimney sweep. Two of the other men appeared in West Side Story together.
Idina Menzel’s character in Enchanted is named Nancy Tremaine. Tremaine is the last name of Cinderella’s step mother and step sisters in Disney’s Cinderella.
In Enchanted, Cathleen Trigg plays a news reporter named Mary Ilene Caselotti. This is a tribute to Mary Costa, the voice of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, Ilene Woods, the voice of Disney’s Cinderella, and Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Disney’s first princess, Snow White.
In the scene where Prince Edward is on top of the bus in Enchanted, the people on the street laughing and pointing and looking confused were not movie extras, but real New York City tourists.
The wedding dress that Giselle wears in Enchanted weighed 45 pounds. A stunt double had to teach Amy Adams how to move in the dress. Adams described wearing the dress as “grueling” since “the entire weight was on my hips, so occasionally it felt like I was in traction”.
In one scene in Enchanted, Prince Edward rides a bus through Times Square. In the background an advertisement for the musical Wicked can be seen. Idina Menzel, who plays Nancy in the movie, won the Tony Award for her the starring role in Wicked. Furthermore, Stephen Schwartz, who was the lyricist for Enchanted, was both the composer and lyricist for Wicked.
Edit: Thanks to shanshii for pointing out that there’s also a poster for RENT over his shoulder, which also originally stared Idina Menzel.
In ‘Enchanted’, the law firm where Robert works is Churchill, Harline and Smith.
These are the surnames of the songwriters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
A number of non-singers make their singing debuts in this Enchanted, including Patrick Dempsey. The only main character who does not sing is Nancy, played by actress Idina Menzel - who has two Tony award nominations and one win for Broadway musical singing roles.
The actresses who provided the voices for three previous animated Disney princesses make appearances in the Enchanted:
Jodi Benson (Ariel) plays Robert’s secretary Sam
Paige O’Hara (Belle) is the actress in the soap opera that Nathaniel watches in the hotel room.
Judy Kuhn (Pocahontas) is the woman with the kids who says “You’re too late” when Edward knocks on her door looking for Giselle.
Also, Julie Andrews, who starred as the title character in Mary Poppins, provides her voice here as the Narrator.
