Disney's live-action Tangled remake just got a whole lot more interesting. According to Cinema Express, Diego Luna — best known for his acclaimed turn in the Star Wars series Andor — has officially joined the project, though his specific role has yet to be announced.
Why This Casting Has the Fancasting World Buzzing
The live-action Disney remake machine has always been fertile ground for fancasting debates, and Tangled is shaping up to be one of the most hotly discussed yet. Luna's confirmed involvement raises the obvious question: is he Flynn Rider, a villain, or perhaps an entirely new character invented for the adaptation? His natural charisma and roguish screen presence make Flynn an easy fit on paper, but Luna has also spent years proving he can carry morally complex, quietly intense roles — which opens the door to something more unexpected.
More importantly, his casting throws the spotlight on the roles that still need to be filled. Rapunzel and Mother Gothel remain the two most consequential open slots in the ensemble, and if Disney is swinging for caliber casting with Luna, expectations for the rest of the lineup just got significantly higher. For fans who've been dreaming up their ideal Tangled ensemble for years, this is the moment to make those picks count.
What myCast Fans Are Already Saying
The fancasting community has already started weighing in. Over on myCast, the Tangled fan cast story has early votes placing Lizzy Greene as the top pick for Rapunzel and Fabien Frankel — best known as Ser Criston Cole in House of the Dragon — as the fan-favorite choice for Flynn Rider. Frankel's combination of brooding good looks and surprising emotional range would actually make for a compelling live-action Flynn, and it's easy to see why fans gravitated there. Greene, meanwhile, has the youthful energy and expressiveness that Rapunzel demands.
That said, the story is still early in its voting life, and with Luna's casting now confirmed and generating real buzz, expect those numbers to grow fast. A second Tangled story on the platform is a blank slate — zero roles cast, zero votes — which means there's a genuine opportunity for fans to build out a complete dream ensemble from scratch right now, Diego Luna inclusion and all.