Once upon a time, the film Ever After: A Cinderella Story hit theaters in 1998 — and the movie’s star-studded solid has been as much as quite a bit since their time in fairy story France.
Directed by Andy Tennant, Drew Barrymore starred because the film’s main girl, Danielle, who very similar to the character she conjures up, Cinderella, lives along with her evil stepmother, Rodmilla (Anjelica Huston) and stepsisters Marguerite (Megan Dodds) and Jacqueline (Melanie Lynskey), in sixteenth century France. Plus, the story swaps out the standard fairy godmother for the historic determine Leonardo da Vinci (Patrick Godfrey).
Unlike the Grimm Brothers’ fictional heroine, Danielle proves she’s no damsel in misery, regardless of falling in love with Prince Henry, performed by Dougray Scott. Not solely does she rescue her fellow servants and problem the prince’s rules, however she additionally knocks him off a horse by throwing an apple and saves him from bandits by carrying him on her again.
But like all Cinderella tales, Danielle loses a shoe after fleeing from Prince Henry’s masquerade ball, solely hers is just not manufactured from glass and her departure comes after Rodmilla reveals her true id to the prince and everybody on the occasion. A few apologies on the prince’s half later, and Danielle will get her fortunately ever after along with her man, in addition to some well-deserved retribution in opposition to her stepmother and Marguerite.
The Charlie’s Angels actress reunited with Scott, Dodds and Lynskey — in a few of their iconic costumes — to have fun Ever After’s twenty fifth anniversary on a March 2023 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. Appearing by way of video name, Scott known as the movie “ahead of its time” whereas praising its inspirational message.
“It’s a movie about empowerment and giving all these young women around the world who are gonna watch the movie a great example of how young women don’t have to look up to men in order to be led and to be set an example of, and they have the ability to take control of their own lives,” the Batwoman alum advised Barrymore whereas showing by way of video chat. “And I think that your character really was such a wonderful example of that, and I thought it was a thoroughly modern film, and I was just really happy to be part of it.”
Barrymore shared the same sentiment, noting how previous to Ever After, she and others “never thought twice about what we were telling little girls, to wait for the prince to rescue them,” to which Scott added, “Until you rescued me.”
The film is one Barrymore went on to state “changed my life forever,” including, “You know, when you have those very clear times in your life — incidences, situations, circumstances — that you know your life went in a better direction for and from, and this is that for me. There’s no question. I know it, and we got to all do it together.”
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