When Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella was screened to focus groups the audience was divided. Cinderella told her step-mother Lady Tremaine that she forgave her before they parted, and although Lady Tremaine came to no physical harm, she was banished from the realm. For some viewers this was not enough. Launching her career with her turn in the sci-fi thriller Species, Henstridge is also known for turns in films like The Whole Nine Yards, Ghosts of Mars and The Whole Ten Yards. Among her TV credits are Eli Stone, She Spies and Diggstown.

Weitz’s theme of ‘have courage and be kind’ clearly did not appeal to all. It is keeping with Perrualt’s traditional ‘moral of the story’, and Perrault’s Cinderella moral was fairly straightforward.Yup. Cinderella just witnessed Sukuna consume her fairy godmother that day. Great, she thought bitterly. No gown and a ball for me tomorrow. This also meant there was no chance to meet Prince Charming either.

Cinderella did not even bother asking what he was brewing this time—every plan of his led to many misfortunes.

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But even Aschenputtel is not the worst of the Cinderella variants, in fact, it has some rather violent competition. The stepmother and the two haughty sisters were horrified and became pale, but the prince led Cinderella away. He helped her into the carriage, and as they drove off through the gate, the pigeons called out: