Pierce Brosnan on Cinderella, Black Adam, and Dwayne Johnson's Performance

Writer/director Kay Cannon (Pitch Perfect, Blockers) has re-envisioned Cinderella as a modern musical with a heroine at its center who has ambitions of a career in a world that just wants her to find a prince to marry. Ella (pop music superstar Camila Cabello) wants to design beautiful ball gowns while her stepmother (Tony Award winner Idina Menzel) unsympathetically attempts to squash her dreams, until her fairy godmother Fab G (Billy Porter) shows up to help boost the confidence she already has in her heart. During this 1-on-1 interview with Collider, which you can both watch and read, Pierce Brosnan (who plays King Rowan, the father of the prince that captures Cinderella’s heart) talked about getting to watch the movie with his granddaughter, the appeal of playing this character, how COVID temporarily derailed the production, his king’s style, and why he insisted on getting to sing a song. He also talked about what made him want to be a part of Black Adam as Dr. Fate, and why it’s important to have