Is it just me or do we seem to be swamped by fairy tales at the moment? We've already had Red Riding Hood with Amanda Seyfried and two adaptations of Snow White in 2012 alone (Mirror Mirror with Julia Roberts and Snow White and the Huntsman with Kristen Stewart). This year we have already had Hansel and Gretel and are about to be re-introduced to the world of Oz through Disney's Oz the Great and the Powerful.
Apparently, though, there are yet more retellings on the way and Harry Potter actress Emma Watson is rumoured to be in two of them: Guillermo de Toro's Beauty and the Beast and now she's about to try on Cinderella's glass slipper for Kenneth Branagh. The last part of that sentence sounds a little creepy for some reason... apologies.. Watson's involvement is still a rumour though, when it comes to Cinderella, and other actresses believed to be being considered for the role are Imogen Poots, Gabriella Wilde and Alicia Vikander. Hilariously, I read that back in 2009 Watson's name was attached to Marilyn Manson's rumoured gothic revamp of the fairy tale. Seems that never happened but that must be worth a look if it comes about?
It looks like Emma Watson might not be the only Hogwarts alumni to return to the world of monsters, though, as fans are petitioning for Tom Felton to play Beast opposite Watson's Belle... As amazing as that would be, I'm not keeping my hopes high...
Though it does look like co-star Daniel Radcliffe is very close to being confirmed as Igor in Paul McGuigan's adaptation of Frankenstein. Igor doesn't actually appear in Mary Shelley's original novel but featured in the 1939 film as a hunch-backed assistant to Frankenstein called Fritz, and again in subsequent films in the Frankenstein series as 'Ygor'. Igor has since become a stock character in interpretations of many Gothic films, including Dracula, Van Helsing and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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