'Merida's the teenager I definitely wasn't': Kelly Macdonald on Brave
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In the role of Merida, heroine of Disney-Pixar's new animated epic, Brave, actress Kelly Macdonald's voice is one the most recognisable elements of a film which seeks to bring girl power to 10th Century Scotland. Coming to the film after production had begun thanks to the departure of American actress Reese Witherspoon from the role of Merida, Macdonald brings the energetic and untamed Scottish princess to life as she seeks to change her fate after her mother, Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson), insists she follow tradition.
'Merida's the teenager I definitely wasn't': Kelly Macdonald on Brave
'Merida's the teenager I definitely wasn't…
'Merida's the teenager I definitely wasn't': Kelly Macdonald on Brave
In the role of Merida, heroine of Disney-Pixar's new animated epic, Brave, actress Kelly Macdonald's voice is one the most recognisable elements of a film which seeks to bring girl power to 10th Century Scotland. Coming to the film after production had begun thanks to the departure of American actress Reese Witherspoon from the role of Merida, Macdonald brings the energetic and untamed Scottish princess to life as she seeks to change her fate after her mother, Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson), insists she follow tradition.