Downton Abbey's Lily James goes from Lady Rose to Cinderella

If you're Lily James, it's a long, long way from her accustomed upstairs Lady Rose lifestyle in Downton Abbey to her newest poor servant girl covered in ashes 'downstairs' lifestyle in Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella. Ok, there was that one time she did wear that downstairs maid outfit in series four when she met up with a servant class gardener who took a fancy to her after protecting her on the dance floor, but that was only for a brief moment in one episode and she quickly reverted back to the Lady Rose lifestyle.   Kenneth Branagh's forthcoming feature seems to be a pretty by-the-book, faithful take on the story of Cinderella. The Branagh-directed film follows the fortunes of young Ella (Lily James) whose merchant father remarries following the death of her mother. Eager to support her loving father, Ella welcomes her new stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and her daughters Anastasia (Holliday Grainger) and Drisella (Sophie McShera) into the family home. But, when Ella’s father

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