![]() It was also groundbreaking for featuring a Black actress as Cinderella, with a Filipino Prince Charming. With an all-star cast including Whitney Houston, Bernadette Peters, and Jason Alexander, Cinderella (1997) breaths magic into a story that has a million retellings. The 1997 movie is a gorgeous, hilarious, and moving version of the popular fairytale. To put it another way: Cinderella is officially canon in Descendants. The unlikely duo pairs up to travel back in time and try and stop the Queen of Hearts (Rita Ora) from taking over the magical kingdom of Auradon in their present. The movie will follow Chloe, Cinderella and Charming’s perfectionist daughter, and Red (Kylie Cantrall), the Queen of Hearts’ rebellious daughter. Previously called The Pocketwatch, it’s now titled Descendants: The Rise of Red, referencing the Queen of Hearts. “I was amazed that I was allowed to do it-that nobody wondered how they were going to reproduce it for children.Montalbán joining the cast isn’t the only news between Brandy’s casting and their reunion, the film got a bit of a title makeover. “So besides the fact that Cinderella’s slipper is crystal, the shape of the last makes it impossible to walk in,” Powell says. That shoe had a five-inch heel and no platform. “How could I live up to this? Then I realized I could use that fear to show me how Cinderella would feel at that moment.”Ĭinderella’s signature slipper, meanwhile, is made of crystal, designed in collaboration with Swarovski, and based upon a shoe from the 1890s that Powell found in a museum in Northampton. “When I first put it on, I felt both empowered and scared,” James recalls. ![]() Lily James (Lady Rose of Downton Abbey) stars as the ultimate little girl’s fantasy figure, while an elaborately skirted Cate Blanchett channels Joan Crawford as Cinderella’s evil stepmother.Īs for the Dress-the magical raiment that arrives courtesy of Cinderella’s scatterbrained fairy godmother (Helena Bonham Carter) on the eve of the royal ball-it’s a cerulean gown with a voluminous skirt composed of more than a dozen layers of gossamer-fine silk in different shades of pale blue, turquoise, and lavender. “And the good, kind person is always the most challenging.” Disney’s live-action Cinderella, directed by Kenneth Branagh and due out in March, gave her plenty of room to stretch in both directions. “The bad guy is always the most fun to dress,” admits three-time Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell. ![]() ![]() Who would Judy Garland’s Dorothy be without her blue gingham pinafore (Innocence!) and red sequined slippers (Temptation!), or Jean Harlow without her liquid satin gowns? (Both women’s looks were created by Adrian, the wardrobe king of Hollywood’s Golden Age.) Audrey Hepburn’s ethereal lightness was magnified a hundredfold by Hubert de Givenchy’s chiffon confections, while ice princess Catherine Deneuve discovered a deep vein of perversity within her thanks to Yves Saint Laurent’s costumes for Belle de Jour. ![]() There’s a mysterious alchemy at work in the best costume design for film, a secret marriage uniting clothing, character, and a director’s vision. Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell reinvents the glass-slipper splendor of Cinderella. ![]()
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