A revised script page from Disney's live-action Tangled has Mother Gothel telling Rapunzel "I loved you!" as she ages. Rapunzel's comeback is already written, too.
Mother Gothel spent the whole 2010 movie telling Rapunzel how much she loved her. In Disney's live-action Tangled, she apparently gets to say it one more time, while she's falling apart.
Screenwriter Michael Montemayor posted a batch of wrap photos on Threads last week. "That's a wrap on Tangled!!" he wrote. One photo shows page 108 of the script with a prop dagger lying across it and Kathryn Hahn's name printed on the page as a watermark.
Hahn plays Gothel. The page is a revision dated May 22, 2026, about five weeks before cameras started rolling in Spain.
It's the tower finale. As the magic drains out of her, Gothel lays into Rapunzel. "I held you close," she says, in part. Then, after a beat: "I loved you!"
Rapunzel isn't buying it. "You don't know what love is," she answers. The script lists a second option right under it, marked ALT: "That's not what love is."
Screen Rant spotted the change Oct. 31, and a post about it from The Hollywood Handle on X has passed 1.7 million views. Disney hasn't said anything about the page. Scripts change on set and again in the edit, so think of this as what was on paper in May, not a promise of what you'll see in 2028.
Here's the original Tangled trailer from Walt Disney Animation Studios:
How does Mother Gothel die in the original Tangled?
In the animated movie, Gothel stabs Flynn Rider, whose real name is Eugene Fitzherbert, with her dagger. Rapunzel promises to go with Gothel forever if she can heal him first. Eugene cuts off her hair with a shard of broken mirror before she gets the chance.
The hair turns brown and loses its magic. Gothel ages hundreds of years in seconds and hides her face. Pascal trips her with the cut hair, she falls out the tower window, and she's dust before her cloak hits the ground.
No apology. No "I loved you." Donna Murphy voiced her, and Gothel still ranks as one of Disney's coldest villains because every "I love you" she said was a leash. Remember the running "I love you more" and "I love you most" bit? She never meant a word of it.
That's what makes the new line so interesting. It could play as one last guilt trip from a woman who can't stop working the angles. Rapunzel's answer suggests that's exactly how the movie reads it.
What else changes in the live-action Tangled ending?
The script page shuffles a few beats from 2010:
The dagger: Rapunzel pulls it out of Eugene's side and drops it before she starts singing to heal him.
The haircut: Eugene grabs a dagger to cut her hair. No mirror shard this time.
The mirror: Gothel grabs at the cut hair first, then heads for a mirror as she ages.
The panic: "No! I am dying!" she cries, which is a lot more self-aware than the cartoon version ever got.
Small asterisks also run down the right margin next to the Gothel and Rapunzel exchange. In a screenplay, those stars flag lines that changed in a revision. So that back-and-forth was likely added or rewritten for the May draft.
Is Pascal in the live-action Tangled?
Yes, sort of. Another photo in Montemayor's post shows a small canister wrapped in green tape, with a smiley face and the word "Pascal" drawn on the lid. Film crews use stand-ins like that so actors have something to look at when a character gets added later with visual effects.
Screen Rant said the photos showed Pascal for the first time. Really, they show his stunt double. The real chameleon's look is still under wraps.
Who is in the live-action Tangled cast?
Teagan Croft as Rapunzel
Milo Manheim as Flynn Rider
Kathryn Hahn as Mother Gothel
Diego Luna in an original role Disney hasn't revealed
Caitriona Balfe as Queen Arianna and Elliott Cowan as King Frederic, Screen Rant reported
Hugo and Patrick McPherson as the Stabbington brothers
Michael Gracey, who directed The Greatest Showman, is directing. Montemayor and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson wrote the screenplay. Filming started June 29 at Ciudad de la Luz studios in Alicante, Spain.
When does live-action Tangled come out?
March 31, 2028. Disney announced the date at D23 in Anaheim in August.
The wrap is official now, too. When the actors who play the Stabbington brothers posted their own wrap photos last week, Disney hadn't confirmed the whole movie was done. Montemayor's post settles it. He also said he worked on four Disney projects this year. "More to come soon!" he wrote.
That's a long wait for one line of dialogue. At least now we know Gothel doesn't go out quietly.
Article compiled and written by Kambrea Pratt (editor-in-chief), Derek Gibbs (beat editor) and the Pirates & Princesses newsroom. Pirates & Princesses is part of WebReef Media.
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Hat Tips:
Screen Rant (Oct. 31, 2026), the script change report and the Balfe and Cowan casting
Michael Montemayor on Threads (Oct. 30, 2026), the wrap post, the script page and the Pascal stand-in photo
The Hollywood Handle on X (Oct. 31, 2026), the tip and the view count
The GWW (Oct. 28, 2026), the Stabbington brothers' wrap post
TheWrap (Aug. 14, 2026), the March 31, 2028, release date
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