Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “Cinderella”

Blend it all together

It might come as no surprise that this was the first time the classic story featured an interracial cast. Historically, it had been all-White and rarely, all-Black. But for this version, there were Blacks, Whites and Prince Charming was Filipino-American Paolo Montalban. Whoopi Goldberg was particularly pleased with the casting, she told Jet: 

“This may be a first. It makes perfect sense because of who we are. Before, it was either all-Black or all-White. But never a normal mix of people. This integrated cast is how the real world is. This is more normal than being part of a cast that doesn’t have any color in it. This is perfectly fine. This is how I live.”