In ‘Cinderella’, the classic story refreshes - Chicago Tribune

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO — La nueva versión musical de “Cinderella” (“Cenicienta”), protagonizada por Camila Cabello y Nicholas Galitzine, es apta para el mundo actual. Sí, hay ratones que se convierten en lacayos, un baile y vestidos de princesa impresionantes, pero todo lo demás suena como recién salido de las noticias.

"The first thing I wanted to do was give her impulse, dreams and ambition," said director Kay Cannon in a recent video call from Los Angeles.“In the classic story many things happen to Cinderella and wanted him to have a decision about his life...He is going to save herself, does not have to be rescued ".

Another of the big differences is that we know the real name of Cinderella: she.Cannon said he wanted to give identity in the film that premieres on Friday at Amazon Prime Video.

It is through it that we know the importance of following dreams and not letting others decide our destiny.In a world in which Prince Enrique and Duchess Meghan renounced his real duties to live as they wanted, which proposes "Cinderella" sounds more to reality than fantasy.

"Meghan Marke is a reflection of that, she is someone who is making her own decisions and the two are living the life they want to live," said Cannon, who said that her movie was already ready when the Dukes of Sussex would make that decision.“They would think that I saw what they did and wrote it, but it really was the other way around and I am very curious, if they see the movie, what could be their reaction to it...Hope you like".

The cruel stepmother, played by Idina Menzel, remains in this version.He even has a more prominent role, because we know about her life before being a widow and the fears that lead her to want her daughters to marry a wealthy man.Very, Menzel interprets Madonna's "Material".

"We could play a lot with how much we wanted to interpret that kind of archetypes that have been established in Cinderella," Menzel said.

Actually, menzel and hair get along very well.During the interview they were all laughs just taking a cup of tea.

"I don't like being rude to her," Menzel said.

"I told me" I'm sorry, I'm sorry, "he said hair about how they made the scenes in which Menzel rebukes her or does not give her permission to do what she wants.

Cannon, who previously directed the musical film "Pitch Perfect", wanted the music of "Cinderella" to be perfectly intertwined with the action in history and helped tell it.

The soundtrack includes original songs performed by Menzel, a veteran Broadway actress who jumped to fame as an interpreter of the "Frozen" theme, and hair, a pop star with successes such as "Miss" and "Havana" after passing throughFifth Harmony girl quintet.

To get to those songs, Cannon, who also has credits as a composer in the movie, was writing ideas such as "This song needs to be about following your dreams," he talked to the composers, who soon returned with creations like "Million to One"(co -written by hair and Scott Harris) or "Dream Girl" (which Menzel co -wrote and interprets in the film).There is also classic rock with "Hoilebody To Love" by Queen and other more danceable pieces such as “Let’s get loud” by Gloria Estefan.

“You can realize that this movie was made by a progressive mother because I am 47 years old and I feel like‘ Rythm Nation ’,‘ Girl Material ’,‘ Let’s Get Loud ’, which I listened to in my youth,” said Cannon."Of course I chose songs that I really love".

Cabello said that his favorite song to play was "Million To One": "It was very nice to compose an original song and was in the movie.I also love ‘Material Girl’, I love that song, ”said the singer of Cuban and Mexican origin.

While they use carts and corsets, the town where she lives is multicultural, with people of all colors and origins.This was something that the director was looking for by capturing this fantasy.

"I wanted it to have a traditional viber, but that it was absolutely multicultural, even at the level of the dancers," said Cannon."Equal amounts of whites, black, Indians, Arabs".

The film was filmed in England in real locations such as Blenheim Palace, 300 years old.That's where King Rowan lives, played by Pierce Brosnan, who longs for his son, Prince Robert (Galitzine), finding a princess to help him expand his power.

Rowan's great ego ends up filling his queen's patience (Minnie Driver).To reconcile, he takes a serenade, but a fly gets in his way flying near his ear.

"Yes sing, be careful!" He said with humor Brosnan, who also acts in the musical "Mamma Mia!".“We came up with this rather ridiculous song and capela that I sing to my wife, the queen.And yes, it is true, in one of the shots a real fly came flying to the shot, so I had that joke of free ”.

Another of the funny moments of the King, whom Boseman qualifies as narcissistic and self -placing, is when he is discussing with his son and a choir entrusts.

And there would be no "Cinderella" without a fairy godmother.In this version it is a non -binary fairy, played by Billy Porter.

"It was clear to me that we were breaking the mold intentionally," Porter said about the creation of his character.“We try to remove the genre from the conversation and replace it with magic.Magic is equal to love, and magic and love have no genre...That is what I hope you feel and see on the screen ".

Together with the costume designer Ellen Mirojnick, Porter worked to create attire that reflected the gender fluidity of her character.The result is a set of open dress with a large flap with shin.The set is topped with a huge brilliant necklace.

"For us it was really the balance between the feminine and the masculine and we worked diligently so that the silhouette felt magical and without gender at the same time," Porter said.

Her dress also has a lot of magic.To achieve this, the fairy takes advantage of a tree with delicate pale pink flowers.But when he makes his glass shoes with heel for the dance with the prince, she asks if he can make them more comfortable.The fairy replies that even magic has limits and women's shoes are like this.Porter is in favor of heels for special occasions.

"You walk better with them, you stop differently.Powerful, ”he said.“When I was a child I was obsessed with my aunt's heels in his closet and my mother, who is disabled, dreamed of being able to walk with heels and could never do it.So I do it on behalf, every time I put a couple, I do it on behalf of my mother and her desire in life ".

Porter, a series of series as "pose" and "American horror story," said that nothing more to read the script was attracted to his message about following your own dreams.

"I am a modern Cinderella because I have followed all the dreams that I wanted to achieve and everyone is becoming a reality at the same time," he said."I am the living proof that when you talk to light towards yourself, magical things happen".

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