Anya Taylor Joy wants to play Elsa in a live-action Frozen for the sweetest reason

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Furiosastar Anya Taylor-Joy may be ditching fire and action for theDisneyfairytale as she reveals she wants to play Ice Queen Elsa in a possible live-actionFrozenmovie for the sweetest reason.

“I think Frozen would be pretty great,” said Taylor Joy in an interview withVogue Hong Kong, when asked about her dreamDisneyrole. “It would be very fun to shoot ice out of your hand. Also, you’d just be the favorite at every kid’s birthday party.”

But, aside from the cool icy powers, the star had the most wholesome reason for choosing that role. “All of my siblings have children now, so I would love for them to be able to say ‘my auntie is Elsa,'” added The Queen’s Gambit actor. “That would be pretty sick.”

However, the star actually already threw her hat in the Disney ring back in 2014 for the Sleeping Beauty spin-offMaleficentstarring Angelina Jolie as the sorceress. Taylor-Joy auditioned for the role of young Maleficent, but the part went to Fallout’s Ella Purnell instead.

It looks like this hasn’t deterred her from another Disney movie, or even a musical for that matter, as she added, “I would love to do a musical because I’m a bit addicted to hard work. The idea of having to be able to sing, dance, and act at the same time would just really thrill me.”

Although a Frozen live-action remake is yet to be announced, there is a chance it could happen as the studio has brought many of its original Disney princess tales to love such asCinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and last year’sThe Little Mermaid. The next live-action flick to hit screens is Snow White starring The Hunger Games’ Rachel Zegler as the fairest of them all, which releases in March 2025.

Next up for Taylor-Joy,the star is heading back to Netflixfour years after the success of The Queens Gambit to lead the dark comedy series How to Kill Your Family. Based on the best-selling novel saga by Bella Mackie, the eight-part series will follow Taylor-Joy as disgruntled lovechild Grace as she plots revenge against her runaway rich dad and his family.

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I am an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering TV and film for SFX and Total Film online. I have a Bachelors Degree in Media Production and Journalism and a Masters in Fashion Journalism from UAL. In the past I have written for local UK and US newspaper outlets such as the Portland Tribune and York Mix and worked in communications, before focusing on film and entertainment writing. I am a HUGE horror fan and in 2022 I created my very own single issue feminist horror magazine.

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