It's the opportunity she's been waiting for, so after she falls in love with Prince Robert on the dance floor and he asks her to be his wife, she turns him down. She's immediately complimented by a visiting queen, who requests to see more of her work the following day. The royal ballĮlla attends the ball unnoticed by her stepmother and stepsisters thanks to Fab G, who also cast a spell so that no one would recognize her except for the prince. Glass shoes would be uncomfortable, like you wouldn't be able to move in them!" And when the magic wears off at midnight, Ella yells out, "Dress your feet for comfort!" and throws one shoe at a royal employee who is chasing her. Writing the script, "it was like, let's just call it out. "That always stuck with me," said Cannon of the quote. I'm not against them, but comfort is not my focus." I try to make high heels as comfortable as they can be, but my priority is design, beauty and sexiness.
That's because of Christian Louboutin, who famously said, "I don't want to create painful shoes, but it is not my job to create something comfortable. Of course, Fab G also gifts Ella with a pair of glass slippers, but in this version she can only walk in them with the help of magic. "It's not like she's changing herself so much to please anybody else." Those glass slippers "She's in this beautiful gown, but her hair is only slightly different and the makeup is only a little bit more," said Cannon. "Do you want to go to the ball and meet a bunch of rich people who will change your life?"įab G magically outfits Ella in a dress based on one of her most ornate sketches, but otherwise, she pretty much looks the same. "You saved me, so now I'm here to save you," Fab G tells Ella. The figure doesn't appear out of nowhere, but from a caterpillar-turned-butterfly Ella rescued from a spider at the beginning of the movie. She gets there with the help of a fairy godmother character: the nonbinary Fabulous "Fab G" Godmother, played by Billy Porter. A Fabulous GodmotherĮlla wants to go to the ball not to romance a royal but to potentially sell another dress - a goal thwarted by her stepmother (Idina Menzel).
"Us ladies give birth, we run households - surely we can run a business?" she tells him. Intrigued, Robert - a reluctant royal who doesn't really want to become king - lightly disguises himself and seeks her out in the village, where Ella is trying to sell a gown - a far-fetched ambition for a kingdom where women don't own businesses. Here are seven changes this "Cinderella" made to the well-known fairytale: "I was excited to make a modern retelling for this new generation that's significantly different from what I grew up with and what my mother grew up with."Īlthough the pop-driven musical has taken its shots from a number of critics, Cannon stands behind the various changes she's made, giving Ella some career ambition, closing a few logistical loopholes and tweaking the ending of the story: "If I were a kid now, I'd be happy to see this version of 'Cinderella' because I do think a lot of people will see themselves in her that maybe couldn't before."
"This iconic story is told over and over again because it's always for the new generation," said its writer-director Kay Cannon. The latest "Cinderella" movie, now streaming on Amazon Prime, is not your mother's fairytale.
Spoiler alert: If you think you know Cinderella, you don't know this "Cinderella." This story details specific changes made to the classic tale, including the ending, so if you'd rather not know before you watch it's best to stop reading now and check out this interview with director Kay Cannon instead.
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