According to MovieWeb, Disney has dropped a first look at its live-action adaptation of Tangled, giving fans their first glimpse at the actors cast as Rapunzel and Flynn Rider — two of the most beloved characters in the studio's modern animated canon.
Why This First Look Has the Fancasting World Buzzing
The Tangled live-action announcement is exactly the kind of moment that splits the fancasting community right down the middle. On one side, you have the purists who've been debating dream casts for years — carefully weighing who could carry Rapunzel's warmth and Flynn's roguish charm without leaning too hard into either the animated originals or the stage musical versions. On the other, you have fans who are already moving on to the more pressing question: what about everyone else?
And honestly, that second group has a point. Rapunzel and Flynn are the heart of the story, sure — but Tangled lives and dies by its supporting cast. Mother Gothel is one of Disney's most psychologically complex villains. The Snuggly Duckling thugs are scene-stealers. Even Pascal and Maximus, without a single line of dialogue between them, carry enormous emotional weight. With the leads now locked in, the supporting cast conversation is wide open.
What myCast Fans Were Calling For
The myCast community has been getting their dream casts down on paper across several Tangled fan stories, and the picks are genuinely fascinating to dig into.
Over at the Tangled story, fans tapped Lizzy Greene for Rapunzel and Fabien Frankel for Flynn Rider — an intriguing pairing that leans into relative newcomers with strong screen presence rather than established A-listers. Greene, known for her dramatic range, and Frankel, who's built serious credibility with House of the Dragon, would have made for a grounded, emotionally textured take on the duo.
The more expansive Tangled fan cast paints an even more ambitious picture. Fans there pushed for Anya Taylor-Joy as Rapunzel — a choice that practically writes itself, given her ethereal screen presence and the way she commands attention without ever seeming to try. For Flynn, the vote went to , which is a genuinely bold swing. Pattinson has spent the last decade proving he's one of the most interesting actors working, and there's a version of Flynn's charming-scoundrel arc that he would absolutely nail. Perhaps the most inspired pick in that story, though, is as Mother Gothel — a casting choice so perfect it almost feels unfair to whoever actually got the role. Green has made a career out of playing beautiful, dangerous women with hidden depths, and Gothel's particular brand of suffocating, possessive manipulation is practically in her wheelhouse. And for the Hook Hand Thug? Fans went with , because of course they did, and of course it would work.