stephen sondheim played cinderella's prince in the movie into the woods.
who plays cinderella's prince in the movie into the woods?
stephen sondheim
bullet::::- the broadway musical "into the woods" (first produced in 1986) explores the character as polygamous, and where there are not one, but two prince charmings. here, they are shown as brothers pursuing cinderella and rapunzel, then later, sleeping beauty and snow white, after they have married their first wenches. cinderella's prince has an affair with the baker's wife as well, and when confronted about his womanizing, states "i was raised to be charming, not sincere." in the 2014 disney film adaptation of "into the woods", prince charming is portrayed by chris pine.
prince charming
a widower marries a haughty woman with two daughters of her own. both the woman and the two daughter hates the man's daughter called cinderella. cinderella is very gentle and beautiful. however, her step-mother and sisters treat her very awful and mean. cinderella is always assigned to do all the chores around the house and also sleeps in the attic. one day, it is announced that the prince is having a royal ball and invites all the ladies of quality to the ball. cinderella wants to go the ball but she can't because she is forced to stay home and clean the whole house. cinderella starts crying as her stepsister goes to the ball while she has to stay and clean. as cinderella was crying and cleaning, her fairy godmother appears out of nowhere and asks, "why are you crying". cinderella explains why she is upset to her fairy godmother. after, cinderella explains everything, her fairy godmother uses her magic power to help cinderella. the fairy godmother transforms all the mice, lizards, and rats into horses and coachmen for the golden coach. not only did the fairy godmother turned the animals into horse and coachman but as well, she gave cinderella a gown made of gold and silver and slippers made of glass. the only thing her fairy godmother asks is to get home by midnight because the magic will end. entering the ball, cinderella goes unrecognized by her stepsisters and dazzles everyone there, especially the prince. the prince pays her special attention because he has never seen her before. as, cinderella dances with the prince, she loses track of time and must leave the ball. fleeing away from the ball and the prince, one of her glass slippers falls. the prince tries to keep up with her but he couldn't, so he picks up the glass slipper and vows to find her and marry the one that fits the glass slipper. as soon as cinderella gets home, her gown turns back to rags, the horse and the coachmen turn back to animals, but the glass slipper remain as is. the next morning, the stepsister tell her that the prince is in love with some unknown lady that was at the ball last night. also, that the prince is going house to house to see who fit the glass slipper, and whoever that foot that fit, he will marry them. as the prince arrives the stepsister tried to fit their huge feet into the glass slipper but it was an unsuccessful attempt. cinderella tried the slipper and it was a perfect fit, and puts out the other slipper. a few days later, the prince marries the girl who fit the glass slipper as promise. cinderella forgives her stepsisters for their past meanness.
cinderella, or the little glass slipper