Brandy (R) and Paolo Montalban as Cinderella and King Charming.Photo: Disney
BrandyandPaolo Montalban’s fairytale characters are still living happily ever after, 25 years later!
On Wednesday, Disney’sDescendantsfranchise shared a first glimpse at the actors reprising their roles of Cinderella and Prince Charming, respectively, in the upcoming filmDescendants: The Rise of Red.
Brandy, 44, and Montalban, 49, first connected in theRodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderellamusical television film, which premiered in 1997 and costarredWhitney Houston,Bernadette Peters,Whoopi Goldberg,Victor GarberandJason Alexander.
The newbehind-the-scenes clipshowed the pair — now King Charming and his queen, Cinderella — filming near (what else?) a carriage, and posing in front of an opulent palace.
“A royal occasion. ✨ King Charming (Paolo Montalban) and Cinderella (@4everbrandy) have joined the upcoming Original movie, Descendants: The Rise of Red!” the video’s caption read.
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The 1997 musical television film came after multiple versions before it — two of which featuredJulie AndrewsandLesley Ann Warrenin the title roles, originating with Andrews' 1957 version. It later inspired aBroadwaymusical that premiered in 2013, withLaura Osnesas Cinderella andSantino Fontanaas Prince Topher.
In February 2021, Brandy told PEOPLE shefelt “blessed” to be chosenas the first Black woman to play the iconic fairytale character onscreen, adding that the film “was ahead of its time” and “we just need to do more of it.”
“I think that I was so just blessed and humbled to be chosen to be that vessel, to be the young girlthat other Black girls could see. And just girls in general, just to see that this is possible. I was just so happy to be that person,” she said at the time.
“I’m pretty sure, I know, for other girls that look like me — Black girls that look like me — it inspired them to dream bigger and to know that they can do anything if they put their minds to it,” Brandy added. “I know it inspired girls my age at that time.”
source: people.com
