The Princess Diaries 2001

: Mia must decide by the Genovian Independence Day Ball whether to accept her royal title or renounce it to live as a normal teenager. 🎭 Main Cast Mia Thermopolis Anne Hathaway (Film Debut) Queen Clarisse Renaldi Julie Andrews Joe (Head of Security) Héctor Elizondo Lilly Moscovitz Heather Matarazzo Michael Moscovitz Robert Schwartzman Lana Thomas (School Rival) Mandy Moore ✨ Fun Facts & Trivia The Princess Diaries (2001)

“I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy... No. I'm just a teenager. I'm a nobody. I get zits. I’m a freak.” the princess diaries 2001

The film gently explores class division (Mia’s best friend Lilly is skeptical of rich people) and the loss of a parent. Mia’s father is dead, having died of cancer before the film begins. Her emotional arc is not just about becoming a princess; it is about honoring a father she never really knew. The diary entries read aloud by Hathaway are confessions to a ghost. : Mia must decide by the Genovian Independence

And then there’s the other "villain": Michael Moscovitz (Robert Schwartzman), the boy next door. Unlike the shallow josh (Josh, played by Erik von Detten), Michael sees Mia before the tiara. He gives her a working car. He lends her his Wrath of Khan laserdisc. In the annals of early 2000s teen heartthrobs, Michael is a quiet revolutionary: the smart, loyal, sardonic best friend who actually deserves the girl. I'm just a teenager