Brandy Norwood, more popularly known by her mononym Brandy, is set to reprise her role as Cinderella — 25 years after she stepped into the glass slippers in 1997’s “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella.”
Brandy will star in a new movie from Disney+ titled “The Pocketwatch” together with Rita Ora as the Queen of Hearts, who “rules over the kingdom of Wonderland with an iron fist,” according to the streaming service.
“The Pocketwatch” is the latest installment in the “Descendants” movie trilogy, which began in 2015. Set in Auradon and the Isle of Lost, “Descendants” features the battle and friendships between teenage descendants of some of Disney’s iconic heroes and villains.
“The bold new story of ‘The Pocketwatch’ returns to these lands and also takes audiences through the rabbit hole to the hostile unincorporated territory of Wonderland, a magical, mysterious place made famous in Alice in Wonderland,” Disney+ said, as per E! News.
“The expansive new story finds polar opposites Red (Kylie Cantrall) and Chloe (Malia Baker) crossing paths at a momentous celebration in Auradon when unexpected chaos breaks out. In order to prevent an impending coup, they must join forces to travel back in time, via a magical pocket watch created by the Mad Hatter’s son, to stop an event that would lead to grave consequences,” Disney+ added.
Aside from Brandy, Ora, Cantrall and Baker, “The Pocketwatch” will also feature China Anne McClain, Dara Reneé, Joshua Colley and Melanie Paxson. Its cast members will also include Morgan Dudley, who will portray the young Cinderella, and Ruby Rose Turner, who will play Bridget or the young Queen of Hearts.
Brandy starred opposite Whitney Houston who played the role of Fairy Godmother in the 1997 “Cinderella” film.
She told Entertainment Weekly last year that working with Houston was unforgettable. “It just was unbelievable because I spent my whole childhood wanting to sing and nobody could have told me in a million years I would be working with her,” she said.
“[Whitney] had a magic about her that I felt like I could just be myself. When you’re working with your idols, you don’t know how to act, but she made me feel safe to be myself and really give the character all I could give,” Brandy added.
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