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♪♪

♪ IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSSIBLE

IMPOSSIBLE

♪

>> I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS

YESTERDAY.

TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR

TO PLAY HERE.

>> CINDERELLA CAN BE WHOEVER YOU

WANT HER TO BE BECAUSE IT'S A

FAIRY TALE AND THAT'S THE

BEAUTY.

>> FOR WHITNEY HOUSTON TO BE MY

FAIRY GOD MOTHER.

>> AS BLACK AS YOU COULD

POSSIBLY BE.

♪ THE PRINCE IS GIVING A BALL

♪

>> I HAD PEOPLE TELL ME THAT IT

WOULDN'T WORK, THAT WE WERE

CRAZY.

>> AT THE TIME IT WAS AN

EXTRAORDINARY IDEA.

>> SUDDENLY, YOU HAVE A BLACK

WOMAN AS A QUEEN, A WHITE MAN AS

THE KING AND AN ASIAN MAN AS THE

PRINCE.

>> CARL ALEXANDER, FRANCOIS

REGINALD.

>> IN OUR GUT WE WERE LIKE THIS

COULD BE REALLY SPECIAL.

>> IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN

BE IT.

>> WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO YOUNG

PEOPLE THAT WERE WATCHING, THIS

COULD BE YOU.

♪♪

♪ WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR ♪

♪ MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHO YOU

ARE ♪

♪ ANYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES

WILL COME TO YOU ♪

♪

>> "CINDERELLA," CAN YOU BELIEVE

IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS SINCE WE SHOT

THIS THING?

GIRL, 25 YEARS AND I'M STILL

WEARING THIS SAME DRESS.

STILL GOT IT.

ANYTHING CHANGE, THOUGH?

MY FEET HURT.

AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH.

>> WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL,

CINDERELLA TO ME, WHAT I SAW WAS

A LITTLE BLOND GIRL, YOU KNOW,

SHE'D BE IN A GARDEN WITH

BUTTERFLIES AND BLUEBIRDS, I

MEAN, THAT WAS ME.

>> THE IMAGE THAT I HAD IN MY

HEAD OF CINDERELLA WAS DISNEY'S

ORIGINAL ANIMATED VERSION.

>> IT WAS A GIRL IN A BLUE BIG

POOFY BLUE DRESS WITH BLOND

HAIR.

>> HER PERSONALITY WAS JUST VERY

BRIGHT, VERY BUBBLY.

I MEAN, SHE SANG WITH THE BIRDS

♪ A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART

MAKES ♪

♪

>> CINDERELLA IS AN UNDERDOG,

CINDERELLA HAS LOST HER FATHER,

AND HER STEPMOTHER IS VERY MEAN

AND KEEPS HER IN THE BASEMENT.

>> SHE WAS A DREAMER, AND NO

MATTER HOW SHE WAS TREATED, SHE

STILL FOUND HER KINDNESS AND

FOUND HER CENTER.

THAT INSPIRED ME AS A LITTLE

GIRL.

>> IF YOU HAD ASKED ME BEFORE I

SAW THIS SPECIFIC "CINDERELLA"

WHAT A PRINCESS WAS, I WOULD

HAVE IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT BLOND

HAIR, BLUE EYES, NEVER WOULD I

HAVE THOUGHT SHE WAS A BLACK

GIRL WITH A RASPY SULTRY TONE TO

HER VOICE WITH BRAIDS.

>> THERE ARE NO HARD AND FAST

RULES FOR FAIRY TALES, EXCEPT

ONE, BELIEVE IN MAGIC.

>> MY FAVORITE PRINCESS IS

MOANA.

>> MY FAVORITE PRINCESS IS ELSA.

>> MY FAVORITE PRINCESS IS

AURORA.

>> MY FAVORITE PRINCESS IS

CINDERELLA BECAUSE MY

GRANDMOTHER'S FAVORITE COLOR IS

BLUE.

>> TIANA IS MY FAVORITE

PRINCESS.

BECAUSE, LIKE, I DON'T REALLY

SEE THAT MANY BLACK PRINCESSES

AROUND.

>> SO MY DREAMS WHEN I WAS A

YOUNG GIRL WAS TO BE A SINGER,

HAVE MY OWN BAND, AND MEET

WHITNEY HOUSTON.

THAT WAS IT.

I HAD NO IDEA THAT MY DESTINY

WOULD TAKE ME TO A ROLE,

CINDERELLA, BE THE FIRST WOMAN

OF COLOR TO PLAY HER AND THEN

FOR WHITNEY HOUSTON TO BE MY

FAIRY GOD MOTHER, YOU GOT TO BE

KIDDING ME.

>> I CAME ON BOARD AS WHITNEY'S

PRODUCING PARTNER.

WHITNEY LOVED "CINDERELLA."

IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS SHE WAS

MOST PROUD OF IN HER CAREER.

SHE TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD THE

VALUE, THE IMPORTANCE, THE

SIGNIFICANCE OF HAVING A BLACK

CINDERELLA.

>> I THINK PEOPLE ARE SO

FASCINATED WITH "CINDERELLA" AND

THE REASON WHY IT'S SO TIMELESS

IS BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT SOMEONE

COMING FROM A PLACE OF STRUGGLE.

>> BRANDY, AT THAT MOMENT, WAS

SINGULARLY SPECIAL.

SHE WAS 17.

SHE HAD A BIG, SUCCESSFUL

TELEVISION SERIES IN MOESHA AND

SHE ALSO HAD PUT OUT HER FIRST

ALBUM, SO SHE HAD IT ALL.

>> WHITNEY CALLED ME, AND SHE

SAID I'VE GOT THIS PROJECT,

DEBRA AND I'VE GOT THIS PROJECT,

AND WE WANT YOU TO DO THIS MOVIE

CALLED "CINDERELLA," WE WANT YOU

TO PLAY CINDERELLA.

I WAS LIKE, I THOUGHT YOU WERE

GOING TO BE CINDERELLA.

I'M 33 NOW, I'M NOT QUITE

FEELING LIKE CINDERELLA.

I STARTED SCREAMING, RUNNING

AROUND THE HOUSE.

IT'S A REAL LIFE FAIRY TALE FOR

ME AS MYSELF AND FOR THE

CHARACTER.

IT'S LIKE A PARALLEL, LIKE I'M

CINDERELLA BUT MY DREAM IS ALSO

COMING TRUE AS CINDERELLA'S

DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE.

IT'S ALL HAPPENING AT THE SAME

TIME.

>> THIS IS A VERY VERY

HISTORICAL MOMENT.

FOR ME.

I'M STANDING NEXT TO YOU.

>> I'M A FAIRY GODMOTHER, AND

THAT'S KIND OF COOL.

>> ISN'T THAT COOL?

>> YOU'RE THE PERFECT

CINDERELLA, AND I'M YOUR

FAVORITE GODMOTHER.

>> I HAD SEEN JULIE ANDREWS

PERFORM "CINDERELLA," LESLIE

ANNE WARREN BUT I WAS A HUGE FAN

OF BRANDY, AND I WAS LIKE THIS

IS GOING TO BE A VERSION OF

"CINDERELLA" THAT PEOPLE WILL

PROBABLY NEVER FORGET, AND TURNS

OUT I WAS RIGHT.

♪ IN MY OWN LITTLE CORNER IN MY

OWN LITTLE CHAIR ♪

♪ I CAN BE WHATEVER I WANT TO

BE ♪♪

>> WHEN SHE SANG "IN MY OWN

LITTLE CORNER" JUST ABOUT THIS

GIRL WHO'S LONELY AND FANTASIZES

IN HER OWN LITTLE CORNER, THAT'S

HER PLACE IN LIFE WHERE SHE

FEELS SAFE, SHE BROUGHT AN

INNOCENCE THAT'S REALLY

BEAUTIFUL.

>> "IN MY OWN LITTLE CORNER" IS

WHAT'S KNOWN IN THE THEATERS,

THE I WANT SONG, AND ALMOST

EVERY MUSICAL HAS THAT, WHERE

THE MAIN CHARACTER, YOU GET TO

KNOW WHAT DO THEY WANT.

♪ IN MY OWN LITTLE CORNER ALL

ALONE

♪

>> I WISH, I WISH I COULD GO TO

THE BALL.

>> WHEN I GREW UP, I DIDN'T SEE

PEOPLE WHO LOOKED LIKE ME ON THE

SCREEN.

BIG OR LITTLE.

AND YOU DON'T FEEL INCLUDED.

WELL, HOW MUCH DOES SOCIETY

VALUE ME.

THE STANDARD OF BEAUTY WAS

DIFFERENT.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER

GROWING UP, IT WAS BLONDS HAVE

MORE FUN.

>> I DID NOT THINK I WAS

BEAUTIFUL.

AND PEOPLE REMINDED ME THAT I

WASN'T BEAUTIFUL.

YOU KNOW, CONFIRMING WHAT I

THOUGHT OF MYSELF.

>> ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE

SUBTLE, BUT AROUND YOU ALL THE

TIME, THEY MAKE YOU QUESTION WHO

YOU ARE AND HOW FAR YOU CAN GO

AND WHAT YOU CAN BE, AND WHAT

YOU CAN DO.

>> BUT THERE'S SOMETHING HIGHER

THAT CAN DREAM BIGGER FOR YOU.

I THOUGHT I WAS UGLY, AND THEN I

TURNED OUT TO BE THE FIRST BLACK

PRINCESS.

THAT'S PRETTY MIND BLOWING.

>> THE CASTING OF THIS WAS ONE

OF THE HARDEST THINGS I HAVE

EVER DONE.

WE MADE THE DECISION THAT WE

WERE GOING TO DO NOT COLOR BLIND

CASTING BUT DIVERSE CASTING.

>> THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC WE WANT

A BLACK KING OR A WHITE, IT WAS,

YOU KNOW, WHATEVER CAME

TOGETHER, HOWEVER CASTING WORKS.

>> SO THE IDEA OF HAVING

CINDERELLA BE A YOUNG BLACK

GIRL, AT THE TIME WAS AN

EXTRAORDINARY IDEA.

BUT THEN SUDDENLY YOU HAVE A

BLACK WOMAN AS A QUEEN, A WHITE

MAN AS THE KING, AND AN ASIAN

MAN AS THE PRINCE, AND AT FIRST

GLANCE YOU GO, WHAT?

>> HONESTLY, IT DIDN'T REALLY

OCCUR TO ME UNTIL I REALIZED,

OH, THIS IS VERY DIVERSIFIED AND

THEN AFTERWARDS, I THOUGHT, OH,

THIS IS REALLY SPECIAL.

>> YOU KNOW, PERIODICALLY, WE'RE

SITTING AND WATCHING THINGS

HAPPEN, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU

WHISPER TO THE PERSON NEXT TO

YOU, CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS.

>> CINDERELLA WAS NEVER DONE

THAT WAY BEFORE.

WHICH WAS SAYING TO YOUNG PEOPLE

THAT WERE WATCHING THIS COULD BE

YOU.

THERE'S A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY.

THERE'S A CHANCE FOR EVERYBODY.

IT'S A STORY FOR EVERY LITTLE

BOY AND GIRL OF EVERY COLOR.

>> WHAT DID YOU SAY YOUR NAME

WAS?

>> CINDERELLA.

>> PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT ME TO DO

THIS PROJECT, AND I FELT LIKE

THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT I AM

GOING TO DO NO MATTER WHAT.

>> IT WAS JUST A FANTASTIC BOLD,

BRAVE, WONDERFUL, PROGRESSIVE

IDEA.

>> WHO ARE YOU?

>> I'M YOUR FAIRY GODMOTHER,

HONEY.

>> YOU?

>> YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?

>> SHE'S A FAIRY GODMOTHER, AS

BLACK AS YOU COULD POSSIBLY BE.

♪ IMPOSSIBLE FOR A PLAIN YELLOW

PUMPKIN TO BECOME A GOLDEN

CARRIAGE ♪

♪ IMPOSSIBLE FOR A

♪

>> HOW DO I WANT TO SING

"IMPOSSIBLE".

♪ IMPOSSIBLE

♪ THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE R AND

B.

YOU WERE NOT DOING THAT IN THE

MOVIE.

I DID SOMETHING COMPLETELY

DIFFERENT, JUST KEPT IT

STRAIGHT.

>> BRANDY WAS AN R AND B SINGER.

GOSPEL WAS IN HER ROOTS AS WELL,

SO THIS KIND OF SINGING WAS NEW

TO HER.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, SHE EMBRACED

IT LIKE A CHAMP.

>> HONESTLY, MY ULTIMATE

FAVORITE MOMENT WAS NEVER IN THE

MOVIE.

IT'S IN THE STUDIO WITH WHITNEY.

>> THIS IS CINDERELLA.

>> SHE DOESN'T KNOW THAT WHEN I

FIRST RELEASED MY ALBUM, HER

NAME WAS LIKE IN ALL OF MY

INTERVIEWS.

AND SHE'S STANDING NEXT TO ME.

>> NOTHING BEATS THAT.

NOTHING BEATS THAT MOMENT.

>> THEIR CHEMISTRY WAS JUST OFF

THE CHARTS.

I THINK BRANDY ADMIRED HER SO

MUCH.

I THINK WHITNEY WAS SO LOVING TO

HER, AND WHAT COULD BE MORE

PERFECT THAN THAT, THAN HAVING

YOUR FAIRY GODMOTHER BE SOMEONE

THAT LOVES YOU, AND YOU LOOK UP

TO.

>> SHE'S A VERY SWEET AND

INNOCENT CHILD.

>> DO THAT NOTE AND GO ALL THE

WAY BACK FROM THE MIC, AND I'LL

COME FORWARD.

>> WHO JUST REALLY NEEDS

ENCOURAGEMENT TO GET TO THE NEXT

STEP.

>> I JUST WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT.

♪♪

>> BRANDY HAS A LIGHTER VOICE,

AND SHE'S, YOU KNOW, THIS YOUNG

GIRL, AND SHE HAS THIS KIND OF

HUSKY BREATHINESS THAT'S VERY

APPEALING AND WORKED GREAT WITH

"IN MY OWN LITTLE CORNER" AND

REQUEST "IMPOSSIBLE."

>>

♪ IT'S POSSIBLE IT'S POSSIBLE

IT'S POSSIBLE IT'S POSSIBLE

♪

>> AND WHITNEY HAD THAT STRONG,

YOU KNOW, REALLY CLEAR.

♪ IMPOSSIBLE

♪

>> REAL CLEAR BELT.

I LOVED THE MIXTURE OF THE TWO

VOICES

♪ IT'S POSSIBLE IT'S POSSIBLE

IT'S POSSIBLE ♪

♪ BUT THE WORLD IS FULL OF

ZANIES AND FOOLS WHO DON'T

BELIEVE IN SENSIBLE RULES ♪

♪ AND WON'T BELIEVE WHAT

SENSIBLE PEOPLE SAY AND BECAUSE

THEY KEEP BUILDING UP IMPOSSIBLE

HOPES ♪

♪ IMPOSSIBLE THINGS ARE

HAPPENING EVERY DAY ♪♪

>> SHE'S GOSPEL FAIRY GODMOTHER,

HONEY, SHE SANG THE.

[ BLEEP ]

OUT OF THAT.

IMPOSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, AND BRANDY

WAS LIKE BLACK PRINCESS AND JUST

BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF HER

VOICE, IT'S A COMPLETELY

DIFFERENT STORY.

♪ IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSSIBLE

IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSSIBLE

IMPOSSIBLE ♪

♪

>> I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS

YESTERDAY.

AND I'M NERVOUS, BUT I'M NOT

NERVOUS BECAUSE I FEEL SO -- I

CAN BE MYSELF AROUND HER.

AND THEN SHE FEELS LIKE SHE CAN

BE HERSELF AROUND ME.

AND SO LIKE THIS MAGIC IS

HAPPENING, AND I'M LIKE OH, MY

GOD, SHE REALLY SINGS LIKE THIS.

>> WHY ARE YOU DOWN THERE.

>> BECAUSE I CAN'T SING AS HIGH

AS YOU GIRL.

♪ IMPOSSIBLE

♪

>> CAMERA MARK.

>> PLAY BACK.

>> THE FEELING OF THIS WHOLE

PROJECT IS MAGICAL.

>> ONCE WHITNEY AND BRANDY

BECAME INVOLVED WITH IT, IT

SEEMED LIKE WE HAD TO CHANGE HOW

WE WERE GOING TO PRESENT THE

MUSICAL.

>> SHE'S A BLACK WOMAN.

AND SASSY, AND LIKE THIS IS A

BLACK SHOW NOW, HONEY, AND THERE

AIN'T NO TURNING BACK.

>> YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HER

PROBLEM IS, SHE CAN'T HANDLE HOW

FABULOUS YOU ARE.

>> IF THERE'S EVER ONE NIGHT,

AND I WANT TO GO OUT TO A BALL,

AND SOMEONE SHOWS UP IN AN OLD

FRUMPY BLUE AND PINK DRESS AND

SINGING BIPPITY, YOU'RE NOT IT.

I WANT THE WHITNEY FAIRY

GODMOTHER TO TAKE ME TO THE

BALL.

>> SHE WAS A TOUGH FAIRY

GODMOTHER, SHE'S VERY SNAPPY.

>> AND THE SMALL SUGGESTION

UNDER IT IS YOU WANT TO MAKE

MAGIC, YOU GOT TO WORK.

>> AND THEN THOSE CLOTHES, GOLD

IS REGAL.

GOLD FEELS MAJESTIC.

IT JUST POPS.

>> THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF

FANTASY THAT YOU BRING TO THE

COSTUME.

>> WHAT WE DID WAS ACTUALLY

CONTINUE THE THEMES THROUGHOUT

IN THE DESIGN OF THE FABRIC AND

THE DESIGN OF THE APPLIQUES.

HERE IT IS ON BERNADETTE'S COAT.

IT'S ON BRANDY'S SPIRALS.

WHEN YOU SIGN ON TO DO A

PRINCESS SHOW, THERE ARE RULES.

MANY MANY MOONS AGO, THEY DREW

CINDERELLA IN A BLUE DRESS.

>> OH, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DRESS.

>> THOSE RULES HAVE TO BE

ADHERED TO.

CINDERELLA WILL ALWAYS HAVE A

BLUE DRESS.

>> WE WANTED THE COSTUMES TO,

LIKE, JUST TRANSPORT YOU

IMMEDIATELY TO SOMETHING

GORGEOUS AND SPECIAL AND

ROMANTIC.

>> MY CLOTHES WERE SO DIVINE

THAT I WISH I COULD WEAR THEM

NOW.

HATS THAT WERE KIND OF

ASYMMETRICAL, THE COLORS WERE

ROYAL PURPLE, AND BALLOONS AND

SCULPTED SKIRTS.

>> BERNADETTE PETERS IS ONE OF

THE SWEETEST, DEAREST, KINDEST

PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, AND THE

WARDROBE GAVE HER AN ADDITIONAL

EDGE TO THE CHARACTER THAT SHE

WAS CREATING.

>> WELL, SHE'S NASTY AT HER

DAUGHTER.

>> TELL ME, CINDERELLA, WHAT

WOULD YOU SAY TO CAPTURE THE

PRINCE?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

>> OF COURSE YOU DON'T.

>> I THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS AN

INTERESTING CHARACTER TO PLAY,

YOU KNOW, TO ME IT WAS JUST FUN

TO BE ABLE TO PLAY SOMEBODY MEAN

LIKE THAT.

>> DON'T CHANGE THE PATH,

CINDERELLA, IT'S NOT VERY

ATTRACTIVE.

>> IT IS A RISKY CHARACTER IN

THIS PRODUCTION BECAUSE IT IS A

WHITE PERSON MISTREATING A YOUNG

BLACK WOMAN.

>> SO WE WANTED SOMEONE WHO,

WHEN IT WAS TIME TO BE EVIL

COULD TRULY BE EVIL, BUT COULD

ALSO MAKE YOU LOVE HER.

>> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD I'VE

GOT TWO BIG A HEART.

>> YOU'VE GOT TOO BIG A HEART,

MOTHER.

>> IF I HAD TO WATCH ONE SCENE

FROM THAT MOVIE OVER AND OVER

AGAIN, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE

FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE.

♪ FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE IS

ONLY FOR MAKE BELIEVE ♪

♪ FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE IS

PLAYING THE

♪

>> SHE'S JUST BEING SO SNARKY

WITH EVEN JUST THE PERFUME SHE'S

SQUIRTING AND SHE LOOKS AT

CINDERELLA AND GIVES HER TWO

SQUIRTS, BECAUSE CINDERELLA IS

NOT EVEN WORTH THE PERFUME

SPRAY.

>> SHE'S GOT HER DAUGHTERS, AND

SHE'S ALL DRESSED UP AND SHE'S

ALL GLAMOROUS, AND SHE HAS A

FEATHER BOA, AND SHE FEELS LIKE

HER DAUGHTERS ARE GOING TO WIN

THE PRINCE.

♪ I FELL IN A LOVE WITH LOVE

LOVE EVER LASTING ♪

♪ WHEN I FELL OUT WITH ME

♪

>> SHE DIDN'T HAVE A BIG, A LOT

OF SOUL.

DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF SOUL.

♪ I HEAR THE SWEET INVENTION OF

A LOVER'S DREAM

♪

>> LOOKING AT THE CAST AS

PRINCE, IT WAS LITERALLY LIKE

CINDERELLA IN THE SLIPPER KIND

OF IN REVERSE.

>> I THINK A PRINCESS WOULD LIKE

TO SING.

>> THEY WEAR SPARKLY DRESSES.

>> THEY LIKE TO GO TO BALLS.

I THINK THEY WEAR A BALL DRESS

EVERY DAY.

>> HAS TO DRESS UP IN A GOWN.

SHE CAN WEAR WHATEVER SHE WANTS.

SHE'S THE BOSS.

>> AND SOME HAVE LIKE

ACCESSORIES ON THEIR HEAD, BUT

SOME OF THEM DON'T.

>> I AM ALREADY A PRINCESS.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.

ANY GIRL IN THE WORLD CAN BE A

PRINCESS.

>> CINDERELLA CAN BE WHOEVER YOU

WANT HER TO BE BECAUSE IT'S A

FAIRYTALE AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY.

>> IT'S A REALLY GREAT LESSON.

IT'S A REALLY GREAT LESSON FOR

KIDS OF ALL AGES, YOU KNOW, THE

SWEETEST SOUNDS I'LL EVER HEAR

ARE STILL INSIDE MY HEAD, THE

KINDEST WORDS I'LL EVER KNOW ARE

WAITING TO BE SAID

♪ AND THE DEAREST LOVE IN ALL

THE WORLD IS WAITING SOMEWHERE

FOR ME ♪

♪ WAITING SOMEWHERE FOR ME

♪ IS WAITING SOMEWHERE SOMEWHERE

FOR ME

♪

>> LET'S SEE.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, CHRISTOPHER

RUPERT, CARL ALEXANDER, HELP ME

HERE.

>> CHRISTOPHER RUPERT, FRANCOIS

REGINALD, LANCELOT HERMAN.

>> LANCELOT WAS AN INTERESTING

INCLUSION IN HIS NAME.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS AWFULLY

MERRY.

>> THERE'S MORE?

>> I'M LIKE, Y'ALL, THAT'S TOO

MANY NAMES.

I'M GOING TO CALL HIM CHRIS.

PC, PRINCE CHRIS.

>> IT WAS REALLY CHALLENGING TO

CAST THE ROLE OF THE PRINCE.

>> WE SAW EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY

WHO WAS WILDLY IN THE RIGHT AGE

RANGE, INCLUDING WAYNE BRADY,

TAYE DIGGS, MARK ANTHONY,

ANTONIO SABAO, JR.

LOOK TO GO CAST THE PRINCE.

>> IT'S HARD TO CAST THOSE ROLES

BECAUSE THE PRINCE HAD TO HAVE A

PURITY AND INNOCENCE ABOUT HIM

AS WELL TO REALLY SELL THE

FAIRYTALE OF IT ALL.

>> AND THE VERY LAST DAY OF OUR

CASTING IN NEW YORK, THE VERY

LAST PERSON TO WALK INTO THE

ROOM THAT DAY WAS PAOLO

MONTALBAN.

>> I WASN'T NERVOUS ABOUT IT

BECAUSE I DIDN'T ACTUALLY KNOW

WHAT THE SCOPE OF THIS

PRODUCTION WAS GOING TO BE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A

MADE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS CABLE

PRODUCTION.

>> PAOLO WAS AN UNDERSTUDY IN

THE PRODUCTION OF "THE KING AND

I" THAT WAS RUNNING ON BROADWAY.

>> HE WAS LATE BECAUSE HE WAS IN

A SHOW, HAD BEEN IN REHEARSALS,

AND HE OPENED HIS MOUTH, AND HE

SINGS LIKE AN ANGEL, AND WE WERE

LIKE, OH, MY GOD, HOW

INTERESTING TO HAVE A FILIPINO

PRINCE WITH OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN

BRANDY.

>> HE WAS THIS TALL, INCREDIBLY

GOOD LOOKING GUY, BUT A LITTLE

STIFF, AND WE WENT HOW IS THIS

REALLY GOING TO WORK WITH

BRANDY, AND SO WE PUT THEM

TOGETHER AND SAW IN THE

REHEARSAL ROOM THAT THE

CHEMISTRY WAS MAGIC.

♪ ARE YOU THE SWEET INVENTION A

LOVER'S DREAM

♪

>> OH, PAOLO, HE'S JUST SO

SWEET, SO GENUINE, AND SO

TALENTED.

>> WHEN I DID THE READING WITH

BRANDY ON MONDAY, EVERYTHING WAS

SO EASY AND SO IT WASN'T THAT

STRESSFUL, I GUESS.

I GUESS I DIDN'T KNOW ANY

BETTER, RIGHT.

>> HE WAS THE ONE THAT I WAS

INTIMIDATED BY BECAUSE IT'S

LIKE, HE HAS THIS BIG VOICE,

THIS HANDSOME, THIS TALL,

JUST -- BUT A SWEETHEART, AND I

JUST WANTED TO JUST MATCH HIS

ENERGY.

I WANTED TO SING AS WELL AS HE

WAS SINGING IN ALL THE SONGS.

♪ DO I WANT YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE

WONDERFUL OR ARE YOU WONDERFUL

BECAUSE I WANT YOU ♪

♪

>> SO IT WAS A MAGIC THERE

BETWEEN THE TWO OF US.

>> PAOLO HAD THIS DEEP HONESTY,

AND I THINK THAT QUALITY FILLED

UP THE PRINCE.

HE WAS THE PRINCE, BUT HE WANTED

THINGS THAT WEREN'T JUST GIVEN

TO HIM AS THE PRINCE.

HE WANTED LOVE.

>> THIS IS A COUPLE THAT YOU

ROOT FOR.

THIS IS A COUPLE THAT YOU WANT

TO SEE TOGETHER.

>> HE WAS JUST SO INCREDIBLY

CHARMING.

I DON'T THINK THAT I HAD EVER

SEEN SOMEONE FILIPINO BE THE

LOVE INTEREST IN ANYTHING I HAD

EVER WATCHED, AND I WAS JUST ON

BOARD.

>> I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME TODAY,

NO ONE TREATED ME LIKE A PRINCE.

WHAT A RELIEF TO BE AMONG REAL

PEOPLE.

>> CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING,

REAL PEOPLE ARE NOT ALL THEY ARE

CRACKED UP TO BE.

>> WHEN THEY FIRST ASKED ME IF I

WOULD BE INVOLVED WITH

"CINDERELLA," MY FIRST REACTION

WAS WHAT ROLE?

>> SO THE FIRST PERSON TO SIGN

ON WAS JASON ALEXANDER.

THAT WAS THE CRACK THAT WE

NEEDED.

>> SO PEOPLE WHO ONLY KNOW ME

SORT OF FROM MY OVERNIGHT

SUCCESS OF GEORGE COSTANZA WHEN

I WAS 25 YEARS INTO MY CAREER

DON'T KNOW THAT MOST OF THE TIME

PRIOR TO THAT I HAD SPENT ON THE

BROADWAY STAGE.

I HAD BEEN STUDYING DANCE SINCE

I WAS 13 OR 14, STUDYING VOICE

SINCE I WAS 12.

INITIALLY I JUST THOUGHT, WHAT

DO THEY WANT ME TO PLAY.

I KNOW I'M NOT CINDERELLA, I'M

NOT THE PRINCE, WHAT'S LEFT, SO

IT WAS A MYSTERY.

AND THEY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT

THE PRINCE'S VALET.

AND I WENT, I DON'T THINK THE

PRINCE HAS A VALET.

AND IF HE DOES, I THOUGHT THEY

MEANT THE TOWN CRIER WHO'S SORT

OF SAYING THE PRINCE IS HAVING A

BALL.

♪ THE PRINCE IS GIVING A BALL

THE PRINCE IS GIVING A BALL ♪

♪

>> IT WASN'T UNTIL THE SCRIPT

SHOWED UP AND I STARTED SEEING

THIS HUGE PREPARATION NUMBER

THAT I WENT, WHERE DID THIS COME

FROM, AND OH, THIS GUY LIONEL

SEEMS TO SHOW UP IN A LOT OF

PLACES.

THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING ROLE.

>> JASON ALEXANDER WAS SO MUCH

FUN.

HE WAS THE ONE THAT KEPT

INTRODUCING THE PRINCE WITH ALL

OF THOSE NAMES.

>> ♪ HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS,

CHRISTOPHER RUPERT HER MAJESTY

QUEEN CONSTANTINE MAISSEY

♪

>> I REMEMBER VERY LITTLE OF THE

SONG.

I REMEMBER "THE PRINCE IS HAVING

A BALL, HIS ROYAL MAJESTY, AND

NOW WE'RE IN NAME LAND, AND I

CAN NEVER GET THROUGH THAT.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE THING, WE

HAVE TO HAVE A THING, AND PAS

BED SHEET.

I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF THAT.

♪♪

♪ HE'S GETTING A BALL

♪

>> AT THE END THERE'S THIS

ICONIC MOMENT AND THEY ZOOM OUT

AND YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING

THE FABRIC, PEOPLE DANCING WITH

THE MEAT RACKS AND IT GOES SO

WELL TOGETHER.

>> THE PRINCE IS GIVING A BALL.

>> GIRLS.

>> WELL, FIRST, I FLUTTER MY

EYELASHES.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> I'M GOING TO

START WITH THE CURTSY.

>> OH, MY GOSH, KALIAPI AND

MANERVA WERE JUST LIKE INSANE.

>> CINDERELLA.

>> AND ACTION.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK, MOTHER?

>> IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE SORT

OF THING YOU SEE EVERY DAY.

>> I SAW IT FIRST.

HOW DO YOU THINK IT LOOKS ON ME,

MOTHER?

>> CINDERELLA WAS ONE OF THOSE

PROJECTS WHERE EVERY DAY WAS A

DELIGHT TO COME TO WORK.

IT WAS ALL I COULD DO HALF THE

TIME TO STOP MYSELF LAUGHING AND

RUIN A TAKE.

>> OH, MY GOSH, CALLIOPE AND

MINERVA WERE JUST INSANE.

THE COMEDIC TIMING, IT WAS LIKE

PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY.

THEY JUST WENT TOGETHER SO WELL.

>> BOTH NATALIE AND VEANNE,

PRETTY FUNNY, PRETTY PRETTY

FUNNY.

>> AS VEANNE, PLAYING CALLIOPE,

I AM A GOOF BALL, AND I GOT VERY

EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF

BRINGING MY GOOF BALL TO

CALLIOPE.

>> I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MY

NATURALLY INFECTIOUS LAUGHTER.

>> EXCUSE ME?

>> THE SCRIPT WAS WRITTEN, I'M

GOING TO LAUGH INFECTIOUSLY AT

ALL THE PRINCE'S JOKES.

>> TONIGHT I'M GOING TO LAUGH

INFECTIOUSLY AT ALL THE PRINCE'S

JOKES.

>> I CAN TRY AND DO THE LAUGH.

LET'S SEE.

I'M NOT WARMED UP.

[ LAUGHING ]

>> CLOSE.

>> I BEG YOU, CALLIOPE, WHATEVER

YOU DO, TRY NOT TO SNORT.

>> VEANNE AND NATALIE WERE

HYSTERICAL AND WHY WOULD A FELLA

WANT A GIRL LIKE HER, A FAIL AND

FLUFFY BEAUTY.

♪ WHY WOULD A FELLA WANT A GIRL

LIKE HER A FRAIL AND FLUFFY

BEAUTY ♪

♪ WHY CAN'T A FELLA PREFER A

FROTHY GIRL LIKE ME A BUBBLE

WITH A FLIMSY KIND OF CHARM ♪

♪ AND WITH VERY LITTLE TROUBLE I

COULD BREAK HER LITTLE ARM ♪

♪

>> EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE

SUPPOSED TO DISLIKE ME, IT

DIDN'T PLAY THAT WAY FOR ME

BECAUSE I JUST -- THEY WERE SO

FUNNY AND FUN.

♪ WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE MAN

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE MAN

♪

>> I MEAN, THIS ENDED UP BEING

THE MOST EXPENSIVE TWO-HOUR

TELEVISION MOVIE EVER MADE UP

UNTIL THAT TIME.

>> QUIET, PLEASE, REHEARSAL.

>> WHEN WE WERE CREATING THE

WORLD OF CINDERELLA, YOU WANTED

TO MAKE IT REAL IN ONE SENSUOUS

D SENSE, BUT YOU ALSO WANTED TO

HAVE THAT SENSE OF WONDER THAT

YOU DID AS A 5-YEAR-OLD WHEN YOU

HEARD THE STORY OF CINDERELLA.

>> 5, 6, 7.

>> THE DANCING, I GOT TO

BALLROOM DANCE, LEARNING

SOMETHING NEW.

THAT WAS FUN TO LEARN HOW TO

REALLY LIKE, HOLD MY NECK THE

RIGHT WAY, AND YOU KNOW, KEEP MY

SHOULDERS DOWN.

♪♪

♪♪

AND ONCE YOU GET IT, YOU FEEL

LIKE YOU'RE FLYING WHEN THE

MUSIC IS GOING, AND YOU'RE IN

THE MOMENT.

♪♪

>> I JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST

A BEAUTIFUL CUP.

THEY WERE BOTH SO INNOCENT AND

SO LOVING AND SO SWEET.

>> WHEN BRANDY IS CINDERELLA

APPEARED AT THE TOP OF THE

STAIRCASE, SHE LITERALLY LOOKED

LIKE AN ANGEL WALKING IN.

I LOOK UP AND FIRST I CAN'T

BREATHE BECAUSE SHE TAKES MY

BREATH AWAY, BUT THEN YOU LOOK

CLOSELY, I'M BREATHING AS IF I'D

COME HOME.

>> I REMEMBER BEING VERY NERVOUS

WALKING TO THE FRONT OF THE

STAIRS.

IT WAS JUST THE FIRST TIME I

FELT LIKE I WAS CINDERELLA.

>> SHE WAS THE BELLE OF THE

BALL.

SHE WALKS IN, AND IT -- THE ROOM

STOPS.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE

WORLD HAS COME IN.

>> I REALLY DID FEEL LIKE A

PRINCESS.

I KNEW THAT THIS WAS SO GREAT

FOR THE WORLD TO SEE, ESPECIALLY

BLACK PEOPLE, IS THAT SHE HAD

BRAIDS IN HER HAIR.

SHE REPRESENTED A CULTURE THAT

IS BEAUTIFUL, AND I JUST SO

APPRECIATED THAT BECAUSE THAT

WAS SO MUCH A PART OF WHAT I

WANTED TO BRING TO "CINDERELLA."

♪ TEN MINUTES AGO I MET YOU ♪

♪ AND WE MURMURED A HOW DO YOU

DO

♪

>> HE PUTS THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF

ALL THE DANCERS AND HE HAS THEM

DO A VERY SIMPLE WALTZ.

♪ I HAVE FOUND HER I HAVE FOUND

HIM ♪

♪

>> AND SO IN THIS PARTICULAR

SONG, TEN MINUTES AGO, THEY'RE

LITERALLY TALKING ABOUT LOVE AT

FIRST SIGHT TEN MINUTES AGO.

♪ UNDER MY LOVE I'M FLYING OVER

MOUNTAIN AND NARROWING GLEN

♪

>> AND HE JUST KEEPS MOVING THE

CAMERA AROUND THEM SO THE

BACKGROUND IS SWIRLING, THE

PRINCE AND CINDERELLA ARE

SWIRLING AND THE CAMERA IS

SWIRLING IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL.

♪ I MAY NEVER COME DOWN AGAIN

♪

>> I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE

MOST AUDACIOUS BITS OF FILMING

THAT I HAD EVER SEEN.

I WANT TO BE IN THAT CIRCLE WITH

THE TWO OF THEM, I WANT TO FEEL

THE INTIMACY, I WANT TO SEE

EVERY LOOK ON THEIR FACE, AND

WHENEVER A PIECE OF FILM CAN PUT

THE AUDIENCE IN THE ROOM THE WAY

THEY EXPERIENCE THAT ON STAGE,

THAT TO ME IS TRANSCENDENT STORY

TELLING.

♪♪

>> LOOK AT HIS FACE.

IS THAT A SMILE?

>> IT'S A WINCE.

>> WELL, I'M TRYING TO GET HIM

MARRIED AND GET HIM OUT OF THE

CASTLE, IT'S LIKE, GO MARRY

SOMEBODY, PLEASE.

>>> LISTEN TO ME, YOU'VE GOT TO

CALL THIS BALL OFF IMMEDIATELY.

>> NOT POSSIBLE.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO CANCEL ONCE

YOU GOT THE BALL ROLLING.

>> WE SAT AROUND TALKING ABOUT

WHO SHOULD WE GET FOR THE QUEEN

AND THE TOP OF OUR WISH LIST

WAS, WELL, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT

IF WHOOPI GOLDBERG DECIDED TO DO

IT.

>> I WAS THE QUEEN.

I WAS MOTHER OF THE PRINCE.

>> MAX, WHAT'S HE SAYING?

>> HE'S SAYING HE DOESN'T WANT

TO HAVE ANOTHER BALL.

>> NO, HE'S NOT.

>> I'M VICTOR GARBER, AND I

PLAYED KING MAX MILLION, I THINK

IS MY NAME.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WAS MARRIED

TO WHOOPI GOLDBERG.

REALLY, THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO

KNOW.

SHE WAS MY QUEEN.

SHE STILL IS MY QUEEN.

>> WHOOPI GOLDBERG AND VICTOR

GARBER, AN INTERRACIAL COUPLE,

THE WORLD NEEDED TO SEE THAT,

AND THEY WERE WONDERFUL.

>> AND WHO ARE YOU PLAYING?

>> WHAT?

>> WHO ARE YOU PLAYING NOW?

>> ME.

>> I WANTED HER TO BE ME IN A

DRESS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE SILLY,

A LITTLE FUN.

AND I GAVE HER A DISTINCTION.

SHE DOESN'T FINISH SENTENCES.

SHE MAKES SOUNDS.

>> NO, HE'S NOT.

>> HERE WE GO.

[ SQUEAKY NOISES ]

>> I CAN'T EVEN DO IT.

>> SHE REALLY WAS KIND OF THE

SOUL IN MANY WAYS OF THE

PRODUCTION.

OH, AND THE JEWELS, SHE WAS

LIKE, WELL, IF I'M GOING TO BE A

QUEEN, I NEED REAL JEWELS.

>> I LOVE HARRY WINSTON, I SAID,

LISTEN, I'M PLAYING THIS QUEEN

AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME

JEWELS, WILL YOU GUYS LOAN US

SOME JEWELS.

THEY SAID, WE'LL PICK OUT OUR

MOST ROYAL JEWELS, AND SO THAT'S

WHAT THEY DID.

>> THERE WERE ARMED GUARDS JUST

BESIDE THE CAMERA SO THAT IF

ANYBODY APPROACHED OR WHOOPI

MADE A MISTAKE AND TRIED TO

LEAVE THE SET WITH THAT JEWELRY

ON, SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN SET.

>> THE HARRY WINSTON DIAMONDS IS

ONE OF THE THINGS WHOOPI

GOLDBERG SAID, THAT'S WHAT YOU

ASK FOR ON YOUR NEXT PROJECT.

MANAGEMENT, LET'S PUT THE HARRY

WINSTON IN THERE.

LET'S GO.

IT AIN'T TOO LATE.

>> CHRISTOPHER, DARLING, WHERE

HAVE YOU BEEN.

YOUR FATHER AND I WERE JUST

TALKING ABOUT YOU.

>> YOUR MOTHER WAS TALKING.

I WAS LISTENING.

>> THE KING AND THE QUEEN WERE

JUST LIKE ANY OTHER MARRIED

COUPLE WANTING THE BEST FOR

THEIR SON, WANTING HIM TO BE

HAPPY.

>> WELL, I'M TRYING TO GET HIM

MARRIED AND GET HIM OUT OF THE

CASTLE.

IT'S LIKE GO MARRY SOMEBODY,

PLEASE.

YOU KNOW, YOUR FATHER AND I

RAISED YOU, YOU'RE SMART, YOU'RE

GOING TO BE TAKING OVER THE

FAMILY BUSINESS, GET OUT.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, CINDERELLA

GOES TO THE BALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT WITH THE

PRINCE.

YOU KNOW, THE CLOCK STRIKES

MIDNIGHT.

>> I CAN'T STAY.

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

>> I HAVE TO GO.

>> SHE RUNS BEFORE SHE

DISINTEGRATES AND LEAVES ONE OF

HER GLASS SLIPPERS.

AND THEN THE PRINCE SEARCHES THE

VILLAGE FOR WHO FITS THE SHOE,

AND HE COMES TO FIND THAT

CINDERELLA FITS THE SHOE, AND

THEY LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

>> VERY UNCOMFORTABLE GLASS

SLIPPERS, ALWAYS.

>> THOSE WERE NOT MY THING

BECAUSE I WEAR A SIZE 9 AND A 9

ON TELEVISION LOOKS LIKE MAYBE A

12.

THAT'S A SECRET.

>> AND THAT IS LITERALLY THE

STORY OF CINDERELLA.

SHE IS FACED WITH SO MUCH

ADVERSITY, BUT SHE STILL LOOKS

AT HER GLASS SLIPPER AS HALF

FULL

♪ NOW THERE'S NOTHING YOU WON'T

TRY

♪

>> THERE'S MUSIC IN YOU, HER

FINALE SONG WAS NOT PART OF THE

ORIGINAL RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN

SCORE, BUT WE KNEW THAT WE

NEEDED JUST A SENSATIONAL SONG

THAT USED ALL OF HER VOCAL

QUALITIES AND COULD REALLY, YOU

KNOW, END THE MOVIE WITH A HUGE

BANG.

THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE

WHITNEY SONGS EVER

♪ THERE'S A SONG YOU'LL SING THE

WHOLE WAY THROUGH

♪

>> IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND

FLOATING AND IT'S VERY

EMPOWERING, INSPIRING, AND

THAT'S WHITNEY.

♪ YOU'RE LEAVING THERE'S MUSIC

IN NOW

♪

>> THE POWER IS IN YOU, AND IT

REALLY IS.

FOR ALL OF US.

IT TAKES OUR DECISION, OUR FREE

WILL TO PUSH FORWARD IN ANY

CIRCUMSTANCE WE'RE IN.

>> WHITNEY KNEW HOW THIS WAS

GOING TO INFLUENCE A GENERATION,

AND SHE WAS RIGHT.

♪ THERE IS MUSIC IN YOU

♪

>> I THINK I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO

BE CINDERELLA.

♪ KEEP BUILDING UP IMPOSSIBLE

HOPES IMPOSSIBLE THINGS ARE

HAPPENING EVERY DAY

♪

♪ THERE'S A GIRL I FIND A STORY

AND A TALE AS OLD AS TIME

♪ STARTING OUT NO VISION OF

YOURSELF

♪ STARTING OUT TELL THEM ALL

THAT YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY

♪ TELL THE STARS YOU'LL BE RIGHT

THERE GO TO THE BACK OF THE EDGE

STARTING OUT

♪ I'M STARTING OUT I'M STARTING

RIGHT NOW

♪ I'M STARTING RIGHT NOW

STARTING NOW STARTING NOW

STARTING NOW

♪ STARTING OUT ♪♪

>> THE MUSIC ITSELF WAS WRITTEN

SOME 40-SOME YEARS AGO, AND YET

WE'RE SEEING IT TODAY, AND IT

SOUNDS VERY FRESH AND VERY NEW.

I'M ENJOYING THAT.

I'M ENJOYING RODGERS AND

HAMMERSTEIN MUSIC BROUGHT BACK

TO LIFE.

>> AND WHY NOT?

WHY SHOULDN'T IT REFLECT THE

WORLD?

FAIRY TALES SHOULD REFLECT THE

WORLD.

>> WE WANTED CINDERELLA TO BE A

MODERN FAIRYTALE PRINCESS BUT BE

ABOUT SOMETHING, AND BE

CONFIDENT.

.

>> MY NAME IS JADE JONES, I WAS

BELLE IN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

SEEING BRANDY IN CINDERELLA WAS

LIKE, WOW, THAT COULD BE ME.

>> MY VOCALS SWEET LIKE CANDY,

ACTOR SING LIKE BRANDY, I

REPRESENT MY CITY.

I'M THE GREATEST LOVE LIKE

WHITNEY,

♪ IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSSIBLE

♪

>> MAGIC HAS NO GENDER.

IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN BE

IT.

>> I THINK IT JUST OPENED

PEOPLE'S EYES TO WHY NOT.

WHY CAN'T THE WORLD BE HOWEVER

WE WANT TO SEE IT?

>> I THINK I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO

BE CINDERELLA.

I EVEN MADE A VIDEO ON MY YOU

TUBE CHANNEL, CINDER FELLA,

WHERE I HAD THIS WHOLE FANTASY

♪ IMPOSSIBLE THINGS ARE

HAPPENING EVERY DAY

♪

>> AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT A

LITTLE BIT OF THE R AND B, YOU

KNOW, VIBE AND MIX IT WITH THE

BROADWAY VIBE, AND IT WAS REALLY

NICE.

>> I THINK IT'S SO COOL BECAUSE

IT KEEPS IT FRESH, AND RELEVANT.

♪ A MINUTE AGO I MET YOU AND WE

MURMURED OUR HOW DO YOU DOS

♪

>> IT WAS A FUN PROJECT BUT AT

THE END OF THE DAY, I STILL

THINK THE CLASSIC RODGERS AND

HAMMERSTEIN VERSION IS THE WAY

TO GO.

♪ AND I LIKE IT SO WELL THAT FOR

ALL I CAN TELL I MAY NEVER COME

DOWN AGAIN

♪

>> IT'S INCREDIBLY MOVING THAT

AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, NOT ONLY

HAS IT STOOD THE TEST OF TIME,

BUT IT KIND OF HAS BECOME SOME

SORT OF SYMBOL FOR A BETTER

WORLD.

>> PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, OH,

CINDERELLA, THAT CHANGED MY

LIFE, OR THAT WAS ONE OF MY

FAVORITE THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN.

>> IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW

MANY KIDS, HOW MANY LITTLE GIRLS

SAW THAT MOVIE.

>> CINDERELLA IS SAYING NO

MATTER WHERE YOU START, NO

MATTER WHAT HAPPENED, NO MATTER

WHAT TRAGEDIES YOU'VE HAD IN

YOUR LIFE, IF YOU BELIEVE IN THE

MAGIC IN YOURSELF, YOU CAN

EFFECT A CHANGE FOR YOURSELF.

IT'S WITHIN YOUR GRASP.

>> IT IS A CINDERELLA THAT

INVITES YOUNG GIRLS TO THINK

ABOUT THEMSELVES IN A MORE

EMPOWERED WAY.

>> PEOPLE WERE SO INSPIRED

BECAUSE IT CHANGED PEOPLE'S

LIVES.

IT CHANGED THE WAY BLACK LITTLE

GIRLS BELIEVED IN THEMSELVES.

I HEAR TO THIS DAY, I BELIEVE I

CAN BE A PRINCESS NOW.

THAT MOVIE IS THE REASON WHY

IT'S POSSIBLE.

I KNOW IT.

LIKE, IT'S TIMELESS.

>> I THINK WE'RE ALL CINDERELLA

FANS.

I THINK WHEN WE LOOK BACK AND

REMEMBER, WHO DIDN'T WANT TO BE

CINDERELLA?

>> CINDERELLA COULD BE ANYBODY.

CINDERELLA IS EVERYBODY.

THERE'S NO BOUNDARIES BECAUSE

CINDERELLA IS ABOUT A JOURNEY

INTO POSSIBILITY.

♪ IT'S POSSIBLE.

♪