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Anne Hathaway is speaking out publicly following news that Julie Andrews will not be returning for The Princess Diaries 3.

The 90-year-old icon starred in the first two films, 2001’s The Princess Diaries and 2004’s The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, as Queen Clarisse Renaldi. In a new interview, Julie confirmed that she is “not going to be in” the upcoming third movie.

While appearing at D23 last weekend, Anne, who will be reprising the role of Mia Thermopolis in the film, reacted to Julie‘s announcement.

“First of all, I just want to say if she has a change of heart, we’re down,” Anne told Entertainment Tonight. “But we also want to be respectful. For goodness sakes, if anybody has contributed to the world of entertainment and to our collective joy, it’s her. Whatever she wants, we completely understand. We did push really hard to see if she would want to do it.”

As for her hopes for the third movie, Anne said, “I just want it to be fun. The women who were six when the first one came out — a lot of whom are now mothers themselves, maybe even with six-year-olds — I want them to feel like they’re bringing their children to something that mattered to them.”

What’s the latest update on The Princess Diaries 3?

Anne recently said they had a story breakthrough.

“I can say I think we had a story breakthrough,” she shared on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy back in July. “I think we are moving in the right direction. The script that we were working on…we kind of had to start over with this new direction, which is not the update I think anybody wants, but we all feel really good that this is gonna be the one.”

Here’s what we know about the cast list for the film, including who is confirmed to return.

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