Brandy and Paolo Montalban’s fairytale characters are still living happily ever after, 25 years later!
On Wednesday, Disney’s Descendants franchise shared a first glimpse at the actors reprising their roles of Cinderella and Prince Charming, respectively, in the upcoming film Descendants: The Rise of Red.
Brandy, 44, and Montalban, 49, first connected in the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella musical television film, which premiered in 1997 and co-starred Whitney Houston, Bernadette Peters, Whoopi Goldberg, Victor Garber and Jason Alexander.
The new behind-the-scenes clip showed 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.
Descendants: The Rise of Red (previously titled Pocket Watch), directed by Jennifer Phang, centers on Red (Kylie Cantrall, as the daughter of the Queen of Hearts) and Chloe (Malia Baker, as Cinderella and King Charming’s daughter) “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,” the official synopsis added.
Rita Ora was slated to play Alice in Wonderland’s Queen of Hearts in the film, which also stars China Anne McClain, Dara Reneé, Ruby Rose Turner, Morgan Dudley and Joshua Colley, as well as Melanie Paxson as Fairy Godmother.
Disney’s TV movie starring Brandy as Cinderella featured Peters, 75, as her stepmother and the late Houston as her Fairy Godmother. Goldberg, 67, and Garber, 74, played the queen and king, while Alexander, 63, played Lionel. The film originally aired on ABC to 60 million viewers. (People)