Cinderella’s Lily James & Cast React To Waist Size Concerns

Whenever I see Kenneth Branagh I can only imagine him playing Hamlet in 1996

Oh please? Who in the heck cares about the size of the waist. I NEVER thought about that even once when I watched this tremendously brilliant and beautiful movie…I purchased the movie and I am a grown woman. The movie exceeded my expectations and I was a little girl when the original came out. It was always my favorite. I have watched EVERY version of this movie and this one is my favorite movie of all time!! Very well made….very well thought out…tremendous message of love and kindness and the acting was beyond wonderful. Thank you for making such a beautiful movie…. And Lily James is as beautiful in real like as she was in the movie…

I don't think that children will really pay attention to her waist, it just adults making a big deal out of nothing.

"Lily does have a small waist." Yeah, of course, because you casted girls with small waists because you want girls with small waists. Total farce. Of course, hey everybody, let's focus on the theme of the movie because we're sending our subliminal messages another way. Of course she doesn't care about it, she was cast as the lead role. If the message is about beauty on the inside then why not cast two ugly lead roles? She even admits the dress is an illusion designed to make the waist look smaller. Everything in movies is handpicked and chosen based on its look and what they want to portray. Who are they kidding? To them, it's all about appearance.

As a dressmaker I think Sandy made a bad decision because she knew the dessert was an optical illusion, the actress is small anyway and the period dress would've looked original enough without a corset. Good on Emma Watson for tossing the corset. They shouldve made Cinderellas dress reflect her personality, not distract attention away from it. They must've seen this coming.

I love Lily James, but I disagree with her. Body image is a really relevant subject today. They act like people are attacking her body, but in reality, people are concerned that Disney attacked her body by changing it/forcing her on a crazy diet. That's what people are concerned about. So just tell us, did she have a crazy unhealthy diet to fit the corset? Woke parents want their kid's role models to be realistic. I understand if the dress in an optical illusion, but Disney is known for the 'stick thin' princess doll thing. Like when they turned Merida's healthy, normal body into a skinny princess doll that looked like every other doll. Women aren't dolls, and Disney has had issues with that issue in the past.

Only people with a mental disorder will get affected.

rude host or whatever she's called. Lily was still speaking!

Parents, give your child a goddamn history lesson:
Her waist is tiny because it focuses on the 18th century corseting outfit, it was a period piece and it was appropriate for those times, it is not relevent now.
Like, if an Indian child sees a mythological piece on TV where mythical woman characters are wearing bustiers and showing cleavages, I doubt any Indian Parent will shut the TV off and scream 'indecent' in front of the children because in times of BC India, it was okay for women to do that, and not now, because social standards today. Adults warps children's mind. It's a fucking time to stop.

Her dress was by far more beautiful than Belle's.

I absolutely love what Alison Shearmur said in response to the waist size concerns.

I'm 38 and my waistline is 23 and a half. What is so wrong with that?

IT'S THE TIME AGE!!!
It that era they wore corsets!

Women had thin waists back in a day thanks to corsetting. The issue of corsets being dangerous to one's health is another topic irrelevant to Disney Cinderella.
Lily is slim, so it wasn't hard to get that tiny waist with corsetting.
We stopped wearing corsets in mid 60s (not that long time ago), look up old pics of your grandmothers, and you'll see similar tiny waists (not as tiny, though).

as a young girl – we don't care, personally me and no other girls I know ever looked at something like a film or Barbie and compared ourselves.

small waist big waist so what

If you look at the actress in other pictures her waist is already small. I watched the dance scene again and saw her waist is a normal skinny size its the rest of the dress making it look smaller. This film was basically teaching girls how they can be strong and still act like proper well mannered individuals. Which is crucial to young people of any gender.

First of all since when do kids even pay any attention body figures, what 5 year old looks for that type of stuff😑🙁😒😞😔😟

nice polite girl white you mean.

beautiful film, custums were amazing!!!

I have watched the movie and all that, but, even though there are positive themes are found in the movie, I have felt VERY self conscious about myself, with a more rectangular shaped figure I suddenly felt like I couldn't follow my dreams because I don't have a perfect hourglass figure.

this concern is so stupid!!!!!!!!!!!! Children don't care!!!!!!!

Children honestly don't care about things like this. Its just parents projecting their own insecurities.

I'm just tired of people trying to constantly pick fights all the time…

Her waist was extremely small it was obvious. Especially at the ball, I don't have a problem with it though because fairy tale princesses waists are always small.

Just saying, Cinderella should be thin. I doubt the stepmothers and stepsisters are letting her have a lovely banquet every meal.

Lily is so likeable and just a normal looking girl

Yes, because kids ALWAYS notice the waist….exactly!

OMG its a movie people, you cant tell the difference between reality and fantasy, come on should she be fat , no one would like that, its Cinderellas kindness that makes the story

if the real emphasis is on the inside why don't make Cinderella fat and with unibrow or whatever society thinks is ,,ugly'' and see what kids take away from it?