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Evan Rachel Wood Voices Elsa And Anna's Mother Queen Iduna, Old Cast Returns For Frozen 2
Old cast returns for Frozen 2. Broadway actress Idina Menzel returns as the voice of the ice Queen, Elsa while Evan Rachel Wood lends voice to Elsa and Anna's mother, Queen Iduna.
Broadway actress Idina Menzel returns as the voice of the ice Queen, Elsa. She is often banked on for playing feisty women characters; it is felt that her voice has such a quality. Kristen Bell too is back as the voice of Anna. Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell, in fact, impressed the directors much before they were officially cast in the first Frozen film. They first worked their magic together at a table read where the directors, producers and songwriters were present. After reading the entire script out loud, they then sang 'Wind Beneath My Wings' as a duet. Director Jennifer Lee recalls that there wasn't a dry eye in the house after they were finished.
Menzel
had
formerly
auditioned
for
'Tangled'
but
did
not
make
the
part.
However,
the
casting
director
had
preserved
a
recording
of
her
audition
and
on
the
basis
of
that
asked
her
to
act
alongside
Kristen
Bell.
Did
you
know
that
Kristen
Bell
was
called
in
to
re-record
many
of
her
lines
after
her
pregnancy
as
her
voice
had
deepened?
In
fact,
she
remembers
that
she
was
called
back
at
least
20
times,
which
she
says
is
normal
for
Disney-animated
movies
whose
scripts
are
a
work
in
progress.
Jonathan Groff lends his voice to Anna's love interest Kristoff again and Josh Gad too returns as the voice of the loveable snowman, Olaf.
Westworld actress Evan Rachel Wood was cast as the voice of Queen Iduna, mother to Anna and Elsa, and wife to King Agnarr. Says producer Peter Del Vecho of the casting choice: "There was something about Evan's voice that we really zeroed in on. Her voice sounds like there is something underneath it, something hidden from the past."
Lieutenant Destin Mattias is introduced in the sequel, he is the loyal soldier of Arendelle, trapped in the Enchanted Forest. Filmmakers called on Sterling K Brown to provide the voice of Mattias. Del Vecho says, "We have always admired his talent and having Sterling work with us to develop this character has been a dream. We couldn't be happier."
