According to Tbreak Media, Diego Luna has officially been cast in Disney's live-action Tangled remake — though the specific role he'll be playing is being kept tightly under wraps.
Why This Casting Has Everyone Talking
A mystery role announcement is basically catnip for the fancasting community, and Diego Luna's addition to Tangled is no exception. Luna brings serious dramatic range — anyone who watched him in Andor knows he can do brooding intensity and warm vulnerability in equal measure — which opens up a surprisingly wide field of possibilities. Is he playing the noble but emotionally distant King Frederic, Rapunzel's father? A reimagined or entirely new villain? Some kind of mentor figure written specifically for the remake? The silence from Disney's camp is only making the speculation louder.
For myCast users, this is exactly the kind of casting puzzle worth digging into. The Tangled remake still has a full roster of roles to fill, and Luna's confirmed presence raises the stakes on every remaining question mark — including who lands the lead roles of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider.
What myCast Fans Are Already Saying
The Tangled remake has been generating fan casts across multiple stories on myCast, and the community's picks reveal some genuinely inspired thinking. Over on the Tangled story — which has the most developed cast so far across seven roles — fans have put forward a lineup that reads like a prestige fantasy ensemble. Anya Taylor-Joy has been tapped for Rapunzel, a pick that practically writes itself given her expressive face and otherworldly screen presence. For the iconic Flynn Rider, fans are swinging for the fences with Robert Pattinson, which would be a genuinely fascinating left-field choice — his charm in Cosmopolis and The Batman suggests he could absolutely sell Flynn's roguish-with-a-heart-of-gold arc. Meanwhile, Eva Green has been floated for Mother Gothel, which feels almost too perfect — Green has made a career out of playing magnificent, dangerous women, and Gothel's theatrical menace seems tailor-made for her. Dave Bautista as Hook Hand Thug rounds out that story's picks with exactly the kind of fun, self-aware casting the Snuggly Duckling scene deserves.