![]() During rehearsals, there was actually a ping-pong table at Working Title. “I am a deeply competitive human being when it comes to table tennis. “I couldn’t wait for my two brothers to watch it because I knew this would be my reigning moment in their eyes. She became fiercely competitive at table tennis thanks to playing against her brothers for years and years, and she eventually traded forehands and backhands with Latif during pub games in the early days of their decade-plus-long friendship. The film also gave James the chance to make her brothers proud, as she has a dialogue scene while playing table tennis. But I thought it was fun to turn those fairy tales on their head … I was laughing at it inside. “But it was in the script, and I couldn’t decide if it was the corniest, worst thing in the world or actually quite hilarious. I guess I’m a real has-been when it comes to Disney Princesses,” James tells The Hollywood Reporter. “You’re pretty much the first person that’s brought that up, which is really surreal. ![]() Naturally, James was apprehensive about the meta moment at first. And one of the retellings involves Cinderella, who James famously brought to life in Kenneth Branagh’s well-received live-action reimagining, Cinderella (2015). The film also includes a modern fairy tale device where Zoe tells her nieces (Grace and Lolly Askew) classic bedtime stories that parallel her own dating life (until they don’t) through the use of montage. Mandy Patinkin's Writers Strike Rant with 'Princess Bride' Sign Goes Viral
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