  We systematically analyze the possibility that bi-large lepton mixing
originates from the charged lepton sector in models with sequential dominance
for the right-handed charged leptons. We derive analytical expressions for the
mixing angles and CP phases of the MNS matrix for the case of zero mixing from
the neutrino sector, which is arranged for with the help of sequential
dominance for the right-handed neutrinos. For small $\theta_{13}$, the two
large mixing angles $\theta_{12}$ and $\theta_{23}$ are determined by the
Yukawa couplings to the dominant right-handed tau. The mixing angle
$\theta_{13}$ is then governed by the subdominant right-handed muon Yukawa
couplings. Naturally small $\theta_{13}$ and sequential right-handed lepton
dominance can be realized in type I see-saw models and their type II upgrades
via spontaneously broken SO(3) flavour symmetry and real vacuum alignment. We
discuss the prediction for $\theta_{13}$ in this scenario and corrections to it
including the dependence on the neutrino mass scale.
