Cinderella Will Forever Be My Favorite Disney Princess

Cinderella will forever be my favorite Disney princess

Ilene Woods, the original voice of Cinderella in the 1950 film, defending the titular heroine and feminist critiques against the character. Later in the interview, she elaborated, “I was being interviewed and the woman that was interviewing me said, ‘Don’t you think Cinderella though is kind of outdated today?’And I said, ‘Oh, gosh, I don’t think so at all. It takes a lot of hard work to make dreams come true, and I think Cinderella did, and I think she’s a good example for young people today.” She further explained that due to these reasons, Cinderella was Walt’s favorite heroine. She recalled, “Once I went into his office and he said to me, ‘You’re my favorite heroine, you know.’ I said, ‘You mean Cinderella?’ ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘there’s something about that story I associate with.’ I think it was the rags-to-riches tale. Of course, then I didn’t know how many times Walt had risked it all to realize his dreams.”