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It's not easy being the fairest of them all.
So if you want to be a Disneyland Cinderella, you're better off if you look like the women already hired to play her, rather than the actual Cinderella we know and love.
Some girls have to audition four or five times before getting accepted. This is because Disneyland is looking for different princesses at different times. You might be a perfect Pocahontas, but your first audition might be when they're casting only Alice or Belle.
If you got a Snow White autograph at Disneyland today, it would look the exact same as one that was done 40 years ago.
It's important to know the character and their story inside out, so you can answer any question. You also have to talk and walk the exact right way, and do your makeup the same way as all the other girls playing the same princess.
First, they make you all stand in a line and they look at your face, body type, and height, and they choose who they want to stay for the next round.
They judge you on your acting, especially your improv skills. They'll also show you a simple dance that you have to remember and perform back to them "in character". (This basically just means with a princess-like smile on your face.)
But the princesses hired are usually pretty tall, with the exception of Tinkerbell, Alice, and Wendy.
Before your audition ends, they'll dress you in the clothes and makeup of the character they'd want you to play if you were hired. If it doesn't fit you, you can't be hired as that character.
It's not too hard to "accidentally" cop a feel while taking a photo with them.
A face character is one without a mask. And you're also expected to sometimes work in a fur suit (e.g. as Mikey or Sully) if there's a staff shortage.
Princesses work for 40 minutes sigining autographs and meeting people, then have 20 minutes' rest backstage. The rest is especially necessary when working outside in summer.
Usually by saying ~explicit~ things.
And princesses can't refer to anything outside the Disney world. Mulan does not know who Harry Potter is, for example.
For example, Cinderella has to do meet and greets, walk in the parade, and eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner with guests at her castle restaurant. It'd be impossible for one actor to do it all. It takes a special amount of magic (aka strict schedules) to keep up the illusion that there's only one Cinderella.
Each princess has a different colour palette that matches the makeup in the film. Most of the makeup is Ben Nye.
Which means that it's not uncommon for some characters to be pretty stinky under there.
If only princess hair were a real thing.
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