Anne Hathaway teases Princess Diaries 3 as she admits she was ‘chronically stressed’ during her early adulthood: ‘I was very in my head about things’

Anne Hathaway dropped a hint suggesting that a sequel to the Princess Diaries films could be in the works.

During a New York Times Magazine interview, published Saturday, reporter David Marchese asked the 41-year-old Oscar winner: “Is there any buzz about a Princess Diaries 3?”

Anne’s answer was short and sweet: ‘Yes.’

When she asked for more details, she replied, “I don’t think it would be fun.”

This comes after the star teased a future third film to Variety, saying, “We’re in a good place.”

She added, “That’s all I can say. There is nothing to announce yet. But we’re in a good place.’

For years, fans have eagerly awaited the highly anticipated third installment of The Princess Diaries, the beloved 2001 film starring Anne and Julie Andrews.

The beloved story follows the journey of teenage Mia Thermopolis, played by Hathaway, as she uncovers her royal lineage and her destiny as heir to the throne of Genovia.

In The Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement, Princess Mia meets her charming match in the dashing Lord Nicholas Devereaux, played by Chris Pine.

Meanwhile, Anne candidly discussed the stress she struggled with during her early adulthood.

“As a previously chronically stressed young woman, I remember thinking one day, ‘You’re taking this for granted. You take your life for granted,” she said. We weekly.

“So when I notice the old instincts coming up, I tell myself, ‘You’re not going to die stressed,” she explained.

When asked about the exact source of her past stress, she replied, “The simple answer is literally everything. I was very in my head about a lot of things.’

In April, the star opened up about her decision to quit drinking in a candid interview with Vanity Fair.

Anne revealed that abstaining from alcohol was part of her personal health transformation over the past five years.

“I knew deep down this wasn’t for me,” the star admitted.

“And it felt so extreme to have to say, ‘But none?’ But none,” she continued. “If you’re allergic to something or have an anaphylactic reaction to something, you don’t argue about it.”

Hathaway insisted she wasn’t coming from a place of judgment about anyone else.

“It’s a path that everyone has to walk for themselves,” she explained. ‘My personal experience with it is that everything is better. For me it was like swallowing fuel. And I don’t like to wallow.”

She initially addressed this decision in January 2019, revealing that her choice to stop absorbing was to be more present for her 3-year-old son.

‘I didn’t have a drink because my drinking was a problem; “I put it down because the way I drink makes me hangover and that was the problem,” she said Boston Common magazine.

‘My last hangover lasted five days. If I’m at a stage in my life where there’s enough room for a hangover, I’ll start drinking again, but that won’t happen until my child has left home.’

Still, the actress said she doesn’t hold any grudges against parents who indulge in a few drinks every now and then. ‘

“I just want to make this clear: Most people don’t have to do something this extreme. I don’t think drinking is bad,” she explained.

“The way I do it is just the way I do it, which I personally find very fun and wonderful. It’s just not for me the kind of fun and wonderful that comes with having a child. But this is not a moralistic point of view.”

She also revealed that she suffered a miscarriage in 2015, before eventually welcoming her first child with husband Adam Shulman in March 2016.

The couple now have two sons: Jonathan, seven, and Jack, three.

During the miscarriage, Hathaway was immersed in his work, performing in a six-week, one-woman Off-Broadway show entitled Grounded.

‘I didn’t succeed the first time. “I was doing a play and had to give birth on stage every night,” she said.

Although it is not clear when the miscarriage occurred, the play – written by George Brant – ran for six weeks in April 2015.

‘It was too much to hold in when I stood on stage and pretended everything was fine. I had to keep it real otherwise… So when I was doing well, because I was on the other side of it – where you have to have the grace to be happy for someone – I wanted to let my sisters know, “You don’t have to to always be gracious. I see you and I have been you.”‘ she added.

The Rachel Getting Married star also made the decision to cut other unhealthy habits out of her life as much as possible, such as minimizing her social media use. ‘

“I make a lot of my lifestyle choices to support mental health,” she said.

‘I’ve stopped doing things that I know are exhausting or could cause spirals. I don’t actually have a relationship with myself online.’