Bad casting
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lilroachmusic — 11 years ago(March 04, 2015 04:25 PM)
I agree 100%. When I first saw the teaser for the new Cinderella movie I was elated. Now, after seeing the trailers, I'm just not as excited and I really think it's because of the casting for Cinderella herself. I've never considered myself a vain person, and Lily James is absolutely a gorgeous woman. I just imagined her differently, is all. Kind of like when a movie is finally made of a great book, and the lead just isn't how you pictured them in your head.
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TotheWatersandtheWild — 11 years ago(March 05, 2015 08:39 PM)
I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.
Charles Bukowski,
Ham on Rye
Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century. Solzhenitsyn
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IcanthandleDoctorWho — 11 years ago(March 16, 2015 11:50 AM)
What you are saying is subjective and entirely based on opinion regardless of calling others "PR reps" or "idiots".
Also, please cite the specific psychological study that PROVES everyone thinks the same people are beautiful. Then cite the study that PROVES that Lily James is "average looking". At best you'll find some THEORIES that may support what you say but you'll likely find some disagreement within the psychological community or further studies on the theories to be inconclusive (like many things with psychology). When you're done with that, go ahead and explain why the human concept of beauty often varies from culture to culture or from time period to time period.
Again, it's perfectly reasonable for one to argue she is not "pretty enough" for one's perception of what Cinderella should be. That's not the argument. The argument is calling her111c "average looking". She is not "average" compared with the entirety of the human population. For Hollywood actressesmaybe. That was not specified. -
dltcwebb-184-63055 — 10 years ago(April 15, 2015 09:48 AM)
You all are basing your opinions of what Cinderella looked like based on an animated tale. The actual Disney story is most closely associated with Cendrillon, by Perrault. In that version she is beautiful but it is her "unparalleled goodness and sweet temper" that makes her truly beautiful and Lily James' version reflects that.
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OnlyRocknRoll — 11 years ago(March 14, 2015 07:53 PM)
'Beauty' is an overworked term. It's become meaningless in the past 25 years. Every actress is supposeD to be 'beautiful' these days. Most are average to less than average. But agents and the media think they can pound it into the public mind that these low talent, average girls are BEEEUUUTTIFULLL.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED??!!
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July_Faraday — 11 years ago(March 15, 2015 05:34 AM)
I agree with you, it just feels wrong. She's not beautiful enough to play Cinderella
And also the special affects ruin this movie;
And Richard Madden (the prince) would look better with a beard;
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LittleMissLee — 11 years ago(March 15, 2015 03:35 PM)
I don't think it is fair to say that Lily James isn't pretty, just because your mental image of Cinderella is more aligned with the animated Cinderella from the '50s. This was supposed to be a new, innovative take on the classic, so I think in that sense, she is fitting. Also, don't her character and personality traits of kindness and grace add to attractiveness? What kind of people are we when we rate the attractiveness of an actress portraying a character in a movie over her acting, and also, the goodness of the role she plays? The whole contrast of Cinderella is supposed to be her heart compared to her stepmother and step sisters, and yes, Cinderella is supposed to be "pretty", but her beauty does not solely come from her looks, but her good character. (Pretty much the ENTIRE point of the story, and why it was written for children.) Someone on here suggested Taylor Swift, but they were going PURELY by looks. Taylor Swift is a singer, and furthermore, simply cannot act. At least, she has yet to show that she has any potential in the field of acting. She was briefly in that Valentine's Day film a few years back, and her acting was cringe worthy. (Look up clips on youtube if you don't believe me.) Elle Fanning already played a Disney princess, Aurora in Maleficent (and I actually found her to be rather mis-cast and her acting dull and lacking for the part.) so again, Lily James won the part for her acting, and while she may not be your standard of beauty, to deny that she has no beauty and is "too plain", again, is unfair.
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rockinpink90 — 11 years ago(March 16, 2015 07:14 PM)
I heard they considered Gabriella Wilde for Cinderella and to be honest, I think she would of been a better choice. She's absolutely breathtaking and has the look I imagine for Cinderella. I saw the film today and I was fairly satisfied with Lily but I still think Gabriella would have been better.
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HarveyManfredSinJohn — 11 years ago(March 21, 2015 03:38 PM)
This is Gabriella Wilde's biography:
She is descended from the aristocratic Gough-Calthorpe family. Her father, businessman John Austen Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, is a former chairman of the Watermark Group, and the grandson of baronet Fitzroy Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe. Her mother, Vanessa Mary Theresa (ne Hubbard), is the former wife of socialite Sir Dai Llewellyn, 4th Baronet. Vanessa is a former model who sat for David Bailey and John Swannell. Through her maternal grandfather, Wilde's ancestors include Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon, General Hon. Thomas Gage, and first native-born Mayor of New York City, Stephanus Van Cortlandt. Wilde's maternal grandmother's parents were peers Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop and Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Ba111croness Beaumont. Wilde has a younger sister, Octavia, as well as five half-siblings: Olivia and Arabella, from her mother's first marriage, and Georgiana, Isabella, and Jacobi, from her father's first marriage, to Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon.
So I think it's absolutely hilarious that you'd like to have seen her cast as a character who is associated with the term 'from rags to riches' (that said, since Cinderella was in fact born into wealth that conceit has always been misguided - it was more like 'from riches to rags to riches').
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floridagirl47 — 11 years ago(March 17, 2015 02:25 PM)
I wasn't aware that Cinderella had to be absolutely beautiful Just how beautiful does a woman have to be anyway? Lily is beautiful, but can also play Cinderella as a scullery maid and still look good but not too good. She has an inner glow and loveliness. This idea of women's beauty is so ridiculous and is detrimental to all women and especially young girls. Why can't Cinderella be basically pretty with girl-next-door looks and then look stunning as a whole once she is dressed in beautiful clothes, as any girl would when dressed for a prom or other 16d0grand event. Everyone has a different standard for beauty, but why are people so hung up on outer beauty!?! It is superficial and fleeting.