Who among us didn’t dream of wearing those iconic butterfly wings to a ball?
The premise of the film is that Danielle’s story inspired the Brothers Grimm to write “Cinderella.”
Get ready for a shock as of 2023, “Ever After” is officially 25 years old.
And many of its stars have gone on to have some pretty remarkable careers.
Let’s take a look at where the cast of “Ever After” is today.
and “Scream.”
She went on to have a hugely successful acting career.
However, despite her success in Hollywood, Barrymore eventually pivoted to hosting her own talk show.
“The Drew Barrymore Show” has become a huge hit since it started back in 2020.
As Barrymore explained toThe Los Angeles Times, she felt that hosting suited her personality better than acting.
“I just need to be myself.
That’s such a great metaphor for women.
It was, he said, “an important moment in my career.”
These days, Scott is focused on keeping his career full of variety.
In fact, that’s what he thinks he’s best at.
“It’s always been what’s kept it interesting for me.”
In fact, she was so famous that it wasn’t easy to convince her to join the cast.
Apparently, Barrymore had come up with the idea of offering the role to Huston.
“Who could step in as the famous stepmother?”
she said during a reunion on"The Drew Barrymore Show.
““And I really wanted it to be Anjelica Huston.”
However, for a while, it seemed like Huston might not be interested or available.
However, Barrymore was determined, so she tracked down her phone number and called her herself.
“I got her on the phone somehow and I said, ‘You know what?
And by the looks of things, we’ll be seeing more of her.
“This was my first film,” she told Barrymore.
“I had only really done theater projects up to this point.
Dodds is now married to photographer Oliver Pearce.
The pair share a daughter and live in England.
As Lynskey toldThe Guardian, her newfound success was a bit of a shock to the system.
“It’s a different experience.”
“Yellowjackets” was followed by another high-profile role in HBO’s “The Last of Us.”
In 2022, Lynskey spoke toEntertainment Tonightabout her memories of “Ever After.”
“We had a lot of fun,” she said.
“Oh gosh, it was just such a supportive environment.
It was a really wonderful time.
Sounds almost as magical as the film itself if you ask us!
Lynskey now lives with her husband Jason Ritter, and the pair welcomed their first child in 2018.
West has long been married to fellow actor Prunella Scales, best known for “Fawlty Towers.”
As West wrote in aDaily Mailarticle in 2023, Scales is struggling with dementia.
As of 2023, Godfrey is 90 years old and, apparently, still going strong!
“I’m surprised they haven’t killed Sister Monica Joan off,” she toldExpress.
It was his first film role, but far from his last.
He also took over the voice role of “Bob the Builder.”
Ingleby has had a long and varied career.
As he toldThe Independent, many of his roles have been the “everyman.”
“The characters I tend to have empathy with are the ones that are everyman,” he said.
That’s just me.
And that’s how I became a character actor.
I’m the friend rather than the lead.”
No wonder he was such a convincing Gustave!
Although it was one of his first screen roles, it was certainly not his last.
I was like: ‘Why can’t we just be a normal family and talk neutrally about facts?’
I felt this wasn’t a life, to be constantly thinking about … consciousness,” he said.
Apparently, he was destined for the career anyway.
Jones now lives in London with his wife and two daughters.
That same year, Maguire appeared in “Saving Private Ryan” as Jean’s daughter.
As Maguire toldEye for Film, her favorite projects involve working both in front of and behind the camera.
“I’ve been acting since I was 7.
My first film was ‘Saving Private Ryan.’
I knew I loved to act when I was a child, much to my parents’ dismay.”
As she became an adult, she explained, she learned to love collaboration.
We can’t wait to see where her career takes her next.
O’Brien continued acting throughout the 2000s.
These days, most of his work is as a voice actor.
Primarily, he voices Lawrence Fletcher on “Phineas and Ferb.”
O’Brien also became a presenter on “The Crystal Maze.”
As O’Brien toldThe Guardianin 2020, he had a “little” stroke.
He made some lifestyle changes after that.
“I couldn’t think of anything nicer, quite frankly.”
“I should be dead,” he said.
As of 2020, he lives in New Zealand with his third wife Sabrina.
Gunn has had a long career with two standout roles.
In 2009, he played Oswald, a villain, in “Hannah Montana: The Movie.”
As Gunn told theLancashire Telegraph, being in the “Hannah Montana” movie changed his life.
“I didn’t have one at the time so my mum Barbara came to the rescue.
She has got a cuttings book called ‘Peter’s Progress.’
There’s everything in there from my first theater performance to the movies I have done.
So yes, that’s how I landed my Disney film role.”
To finally land a longtime role on “Coronation Street” a year later was a dream come true.
Sounds like Gunn had the career he had always hoped for.
He now lives with his wife, Julie, and two sons.
