MikeyDuff1D Posted July 16 Posted July 16 (edited) Quote "I distinctly remember I was on a train, and I had the cover of Rolling Stone magazine that Britney Spears did—the first one she ever did that was sort of controversial because she was so young and it was very sexualized," A Cinderella Story screenwriter Leigh Dunlap told TV Insider in a recent interview about the 20th anniversary of the film. "I wrote it with her in mind at the time. By the time we got years down the road, she had moved on to becoming a massive star, and it didn't matter anymore." Dunlap may have had Spears in mind when she first created Sam, but the movie wouldn't have happened without Duff, proving that the role was meant to be hers. She was originally approached by producers Clifford Werber and Ilyssa Goodman in the late '90s to create a treatment for a modern take on the classic Cinderella trope. Dunlap, an aspiring and struggling writer at the time, took on the task for free to see where it would go. Every studio in town passed, but a few years later, director Mark Rosman found the script and gave it to Duff. The teen star and her mom fell in love with the project, and a few months later, the film was in production on the Warner Brothers lot in Los Angeles. "We got the right girl in the end," Dunlap conceded. https://www.tvinsider.com/1143738/a-cinderella-story-britney-spears-inspiration-sam-20th-anniversary/ Edited July 16 by MikeyDuff1D 3
Jeremiah Posted July 16 Posted July 16 At this point, what would be of this world without Britney Spears 3 5
DuffStan Posted July 16 Posted July 16 We need a proper Britney x Hilary at some point... I feel like the closest thing we got was their "exchange" at the AMAs back in 2003 and Swimming in the Stars? In my head, this could've been a demo for BIBO as it shares the same team behind Hilary's title track.
SinnerCity Posted July 16 Posted July 16 2 minutes ago, DuffStan said: We need a proper Britney x Hilary at some point... I feel like the closest thing we got was their "exchange" at the AMAs back in 2003 and Swimming in the Stars? In my head, this could've been a demo for BIBO as it shares the same team behind Hilary's title track. It wouldn't surprise me if Hilary cut vocals for that song, to be honest, If I recall correctly Britney cut her vocals back in 2015 and that's the year that BIBO came out if I remember correctly 1
Zeferino Posted July 16 Posted July 16 It's Britney's world, we're just living in it will rewatch the movie tonight (before "Descendants: The Rise of Red")
Migs Posted July 16 Posted July 16 I love my girl B, but the movie worked so well with Hilary and I can't imagine anyone else playing that part. One of my favorite movies from the 00's. 2
ChooseyLover Posted July 16 Posted July 16 I stan Britney and I love Hilary so much. I need to watch this movie
kataraqueen Posted July 16 Posted July 16 It's so weird to see all of these cool gigs Britney almost had. Her downfall really was an avalanche of small things that stacked up against her. Any breakout movie role could have given her a different life path, lowkey. Especially when you read her book and see how she loved TV and how she was depressed at home half the time, I feel like a proper movie cast would have really been a bright spot for her.
WaterDiamonds Posted July 16 Posted July 16 1 hour ago, DuffStan said: We need a proper Britney x Hilary at some point... I feel like the closest thing we got was their "exchange" at the AMAs back in 2003 and Swimming in the Stars? In my head, this could've been a demo for BIBO as it shares the same team behind Hilary's title track. Probably the early version of Glory has many Hilary rejects because Matthew Koma was the main producer and he had just finished doing BIBO, so offering Britney unused tracks from the album isn't farfetched
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