of the Cat directed by Hiroyuki Morita. In the same year, the actress plays the role of Madeline Bray in the film adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Nicholas Nickleby, directed by Douglas McGrath.
In 2004, Hathaway starred in Tommy O'Haver's Ella Enchanted and in the sequel The Princess Diaries 2: How to Be Queen. She was offered a role in the film The Phantom of the Opera, but due to lack of time, she refused. She then voiced a role in the animated film The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood (2005).