{"id":597049,"date":"2026-08-18T13:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/597049\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:06:18","slug":"caitriona-balfe-joins-upcoming-disney-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/597049\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitr\u00edona Balfe joins upcoming Disney film"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Caitr\u00edona Balfe is set to be a Disney princess, well, actually a queen!<\/p>\n

The Monaghan woman is being kept busy with her packed schedule.<\/p>\n

She\u2019ll be next on our screens in Sense and Sensibility<\/a> as well as her return to TV in Apple TV\u2019s Ascension, which is a new drama from Oscar winner Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n.<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh and we\u2019ll see her in an upcoming film entitled A Long Winter.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Caitriona Balfe<\/p>\n

And now she is set to join the magical world of Disney as Queen Arianna in the upcoming live action adaptation of Tangled.<\/p>\n

Deadline<\/a> confirmed the news adding that The Crown star\u2019s Elliot Cowan will play King Frederic.<\/p>\n

Caitr\u00edona shared her excitement on social media, saying: \u201cRoyally excited by this one \u2026.;) Thrilled to be playing Queen Ariana. I\u2019ve loved Tangled and I am so thrilled to be a part of this brilliant @disney film.<\/p>\n

\"\"Instagram\/garethbromell<\/p>\n

\u201cIt truly is magical to work alongside @teagancroft @milomanheim @motherhahn @diegoluna_ @theactorelliotcowan and being lead by the amazing @visualprostitute and the fantastic creative team he\u2019s assembled is pretty special. Can\u2019t wait for everyone to see this magic. Also \u2026 snuggly ducklings\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Teagan Croft was previously cast in the role of Rapunzel, while Milo Manheim will play Flynn Rider and Kathryn Hahn has signed on as Mother Gothel.<\/p>\n

How exciting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitr\u00edona Balfe is set to be a Disney princess, well, actually a queen! The Monaghan woman is being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[67227,93,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-597049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-caitriona-balfe","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}