Anne Hathaway recalls accidental slip that became ‘charming moment’ in The Princess Diaries for ABC’s Garry Marshall tribute
She found fame thanks to director Garry Marshall who cast her as the star of the 2001 film The Princess Diaries.
And Anne Hathaway is among the famous faces who pay tribute to the late film and television producer, writer and director in an ABC special Tuesday night.
The actress, 37, revealed how Marshall wasn’t averse to including improvised or accidental moments in scenes in his finished projects, recalling how one unplanned funny moment ended up in the trailer for The Princess Diaries.
Pals: She found fame thanks to Garry Marshall who cast her as the star of The Princess Diaries. And Anne Hathaway paid tribute to him in an ABC special Tuesday night (pictured 2010)
In a preview clip for The Happy Days Of Garry Marshall published online by TV Guide, Hathaway spoke about a scene she filmed with co-star Heather Matarazzo.
The scene took place on bleachers at a campus sports field on location in San Francisco and after rain delays, the crew were racing to complete the shoot before the light was lost.
Marshall directed Hathaway and Matarazzo to stand on different levels of the bleachers and to walk up and down past each other while doing the dialogue.
On location: Hathaway spoke about a scene she filmed with co-star Heather Matarazzo on bleachers at a campus sports field on location in San Francisco on a rainy day
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Oops: ‘[I] burst out laughing and kept going with the scene.’ Hathaway went on. ‘Never thought about it again and all of a sudden, like six months later, it’s in the trailer’
‘I guess one take, Heather had a lot of energy so she was moving faster and I mis-timed it,’ Hathaway recalled.
‘I realized that we were going to be on the same step so I turned really fast and slipped on a puddle and just…. I mean I just fell, just absolutely fell… and burst out laughing and kept going with the scene.’
Hathaway went on: ‘Never thought about it again and all of a sudden, like six months later, it’s in the trailer.’
‘He kept it. He kept it because it was a charming moment,’ she explained.
Genius: ‘He kept it. He kept it because it was a charming moment,’ she explained of Marshall’s decision to include the fall in the completed movie (on set of The Princess Diaries 2 in 2004)
Springboard: The teen comedy launched Hathaway’s Hollywood career and she has gone on to huge success including winning an Oscar for her supporting role in 2012’s Les Misérables
Tuesday night’s special features a host of A-list stars and in addition to Hathaway, there are appearances by Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Julia Andrews, Chris Pine, Henry Winkler and Ron Howard.
The show promises memories and laughs about Marshall who created memorable shows and movies including Pretty Woman, Happy Days, Mork & Mindy and Laverne & Shirley.
Marshall passed away in July 2016 at the age of 81 due to complications of pneumonia after suffering a stroke.
Missed: Gary Marshall, who created Happy Days and several spin-offs including Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy, passed away in 2016 at the age of 81 (pictured April that year)
Nostalgia: ABC’s The Happy Days Of Garry Marshall promises memories and laughs about Marshall who created memorable shows and movies including Pretty Woman, Happy Days, Mork & Mindy and Laverne & Shirley