The Real 'Cinderella' Story Is A Lot More Grimm Than The Movie Will Be — mtv.com

At this point, the world is waiting in breathless anticipation for Kenneth Branagh’s big-screen adaptation of “Cinderella.” In the film, Lily James takes on the titular role, while “Game of Thrones” alum Richard Madden plays her prince, Helena Bonham Carter her fairy godmother, and a gaggle of CG animals, her friends. However, this big-screen version of “Cinderella” won’t be telling us the whole story — or at least it won’t be telling us the darker version of Cindy’s story, as laid out in the Brothers Grimm’s “Aschenputtel.” Instead, the movie looks to be sticking with Charles Perrault’s much lighter, fairy-fueled version of the tale, just like the 1950 animated film that made the story famous.

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