According to the The Hollywood Reporter, Pose star, Billy Porter is in talks to join a production of Cinderella.
Sony is producing and had no comment on this bit of casting news, but if it’s true, Porter will play fairy godmother to Cinderella.
The new production is a modern reimagining of the centuries-old folk story with singer Camila Cabello as Cinderella and Blockers Kay Cannon directing. James Corden is listed as a producer.
Porter just won an Emmy for his role as Pray Tell on Pose, and is no stranger to musicals, winning a Tony for Best Actor in 2013 as Lola in Kinky Boots and appearing in Angels in America and Little Shop of Horrors as well.
The character assists Cinderella in her prep for the ball to meet Prince Charming and has been played by some of the greats like Whitney Houston and Helena Bonham Carter.
It’s not clear if the part of the new “fairy godmother” by Porter will be drag role, gender-nonconforming, or rewritten as a male-identifying character. It is traditionally female, but who cares?
We can already imagine the outfit!
(Photos, Avalon; via Advocate)
