There’s a reason why the Disney Company calls Cinderella their most beloved princess of all time, winning popularity contests over the likes of Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and the Little Memaid. “It’s because of who she is, what kind of character she is and how she acts and reacts to things,” says Cinderella III director Frank Nissen, who was a story man for Dinosaur, Tarzan and Treasure Planet before directing Pooh’s Heffalump Movie in 2005. “I was very concerned about the urge to contemporize the story and characters, because Cinderella is loved today as much as she was 50 years ago.”

Regardless of the new twist of events, Nissen tried to stay true to the original characters. “We watched the first movie over and over again, observing what she did with her body, what she did with her face, how she reacted to things, so I could really get that instilled in me to guide the story people and the animators.”