This modernized take has the sympathetic protagonist wrestle with a compelling conundrum, figuring out how Ella and her prince can continue to love each other while attaining their respective career ambitions (or hers, at least, since he maddeningly never verbalizes what he wants in that regard). As fate and Ella’s fabulous fairy godmother Fab G (Billy Porter) work their magic, conflicts surrounding her career goals surface, threatening to separate the dynamic duo.Ĭannon takes great craft and care to ensure that her heroine’s internal and external motivations serve to drive the story forward. Yet he meets true love Ella before the lavish affair is set to take place, first discovering her at the announcement ceremony and then later, in disguise, bumping into her at the marketplace, buying an evening gown from her. The plan is to throw a grand ball, with invitations sent to the entire kingdom, giving the reluctant royal ample options from which to select his perfect match. 'Cinderella' Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Fairy Tale Redux Opens at Last Kay Cannon Brought 'Cinderella' Into 2021 With the Help of Billy Porter as Her Fairy Godmother But since the times are not conducive to a career-minded woman, and the townsfolk are set in their old-fashioned ways, all she can do is sing to vent about her burning desires.Ĭamila Cabello Says It's an 'Honor' to Be a Latina Cinderella
Nicknamed Cinderella because of the layer of soot she acquires doing household chores, she dreams of breaking out of the home’s dingy basement and into the world of fashion as a dressmaker. While Cannon’s inspired creative approach and jukebox musical style all point to an elegant and empowering redesign of this most familiar of garments, her execution puts quite a few tears in the fabric.Įlla ( Camila Cabello) has been relegated to a life of servitude after her father died years prior, leaving her in the care of his cruel second wife Vivian (Idina Menzel), further scrutinized by her obnoxious stepsisters Malvolia (Maddie Baillio) and Narissa (Charlotte Spencer).
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This latest retelling of the Charles Perrault classic offers a feminist-friendly update as its titular heroine dreams of a career, not a man, to whisk her away. In this heightened unreality, characters can break into song with a Janet Jackson chart-topper as easily as they belt out a new Broadway-style power ballad. The crystals were all part of the cascading flowers from the trees and nature and the wind that created her dress.From the outset of Amazon Studios’ new “ Cinderella” movie, writer-director Kay Cannon welcomes audiences into a fantasy unlike any before it, putting a glimmering girl-boss gloss on the oft-adapted fairy tale. “I wanted a feeling of cascading crystals that wound up at her feet. “I actually used the design of the crystals on the shoe as the beginning of the crystals on the bodice of the dress,” she said, noting that blue hues were left out of this version as it wasn’t helmed by Disney.
Plus, the footwear came first, said Mirojnick, as it was the inspiration for Cinderella’s signature ball gown. Details included PVC materials to give the resemblance of glass, a pointed-toe, as well as Swarovski crystals that were embellished along the entire shoe. It looks accessible, somewhat modern, with period elements.”įeaturing a Louis heel shape, the glass slippers were designed in collaboration with Jimmy Choo and creative director Sandra Choi. “And it felt as if it was something that did not come out of the ‘Cinderella’ vault. “I didn’t make a stiletto,” the film’s costume designer, Ellen Mirojnick, told FN.
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