Merida

Princess Mérida is the main character of Disney/Pixar's 2012 upcoming film Brave. She is a Scottish Princess with a love of archery and ends up unleashing trouble on her kingdom, leading her to set out and make things right. She is voiced by Kelly Macdonald.

Role in Film
In Brave, Princess Merida is the daughter of a ruling queen who rules with supremacy and her expectations of her daughter made her to be distant and frictious. Merida is the most skilled archer ever seen and relishes in her ability wishing to retreat to a quiet life to pursue her dreams. She later learns how much her family cares and how much she can care for them. Merida is impetuous and tangle haired in both royalty and wilderness.

Trivia

 * She is expected to join the Disney Princess franchise, making her the first Disney Princess to come from Pixar.
 * Mérida is the second Pixar Princess after Atta in 1998.
 * Merida was originally to be voiced by Reese Witherspoon, but due to scheduling conflicts she was replaced by Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald.
 * If Merida joined the Disney Princess franchise, she'd be the second Disney Princess with red hair (the first being Ariel in The Little Mermaid).
 * If Merida joined the Disney princess franchise, she would have been the 2nd computer animated princess the first being Rapunzel.
 * Merida is the first female lead in Pixar history.

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