In 2015, Disney released a live-action version of the classic Cinderella directed by Kenneth Branagh. The role of this princess was first requested by actress Emma Watson.
But the latter refuses the offer, arguing that this iconic character does not correspond sufficiently to the values he wants to convey. Two years later, she would still lend her features to another Disney character, Belle, in the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast.
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After Emma Watson turned it down, Kenneth Branagh, who was then due to begin filming Cinderella, decided to offer the lead role to Lily James after her work on the Downton Abbey series won. Indeed, since 2012, the actress has played the role of a young rebellious aristocrat, Rose McCleary, and thus appeared in the public eye.
Lily James thus graces the poster alongside Cate Blanchett as the stepmother, Richard Madden as Prince Charming and Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother.
Presented at the 2015 Berlinale, where the original cartoon entered competition in 1951, it’s cinderella It brilliantly manages to recover all its magic. See without waiting for the clock to strike!
it’s cinderella Kenneth Branagh with Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden…
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