Patrick Dempsey on his blond hair, Disenchanted, and letting out his inner swashbuckling hero
- Patrick Dempsey swaps the natty suits of Enchanted for a leather jerkin and tweed cape in the sequel, which involves wielding a sword, and singing and dancing
- The actor, known as McDreamy from Grey’s Anatomy, also talks about dyeing his hair to film Ferrari, saying: ‘It was interesting how disruptive that colour was’
Patrick Dempsey gets his fairy tale dream with Disenchanted.
The actor, forever known as McDreamy for his 11 seasons on Grey’s Anatomy, lets out his inner swashbuckling hero in the sequel to Disney’s 2007 classic Enchanted (streaming on Disney+).
His once-cynical New York divorce lawyer Robert Philip wore natty suits in the original film. But in Disenchanted, Dempsey, 56, dons an Elizabethan leather jerkin, a tweed cape and handmade leather boots, and packs a gold sword.
Even he was charmed by the first gaze. “I have to say, at the final wardrobe fitting when everything came together, it was like, ‘Oh, this is going to be fun!’ Dempsey says. “It was great to let loose and throw caution to the wind.”
When the animated fairy-tale character Giselle (Amy Adams in her breakout role) got stuck in live-action New York in Enchanted, it was her valiant fiancé, Prince Edward (James Marsden), who lived large – attempting to slay a city bus with his sword and breaking into song about true love’s kiss.