Cinderella (1997)

Cinderella is the main character of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. She, as always, lives with her stepmother and stepsisters Calliope and Minerva. She intends to live a life different from the one she currently leads. In this adaptation, she is played by Brandy Norwood (credited by just her first name).

Role in the film
Cinderella is shown following her stepsisters and stepmother while carrying a load of packages. While waiting for them to finish a shopping errand, Cinderella watches a children's puppet show. In the middle of it, Calliope and Minerva (starting with the former), who are fighting over who should have a purple hat with pink feathers, ask her whom it looks better on. Not knowing much about hats, as she points out, she tells them she doesn't think it looks good on either of them, much to their shock. She continues watching the puppet show until her stepmother and stepsisters criticize her for "being such a lazy girl". She then encounters a man who is taking a walk and talks with him. Both talk about their living sheltered lives. Again, Cinderella is reprimanded by her stepmother, first for talking to strangers, and for not catching up with them with all of those packages. She leaves again.