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Billy Porter to Turn 'Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother Genderless

Billy Porter

So the live-action version will have a Fairy Godparent?

MikelleStreet

There's really nothing that is going to compare with the 1997 remake of Cinderella that was produced by and starred one Whitney Houston. Nothing. Period. With a truly color-blind casting (one part Black queen in Whoopi Goldberg, one part white king in Victor Garber, resulting in the Filipino prince played by Paolo Montalban) and some truly unmatched vocal abilities, the television film is truly unmatched. But if anyone is going to help a new remake have even a chance of coming close, it's Billy Porter!

Having been officially announced as a part of the latest Sony remake last year, Porter is coming in hot as the new Fairy Godmother. Well, Fairy Godparent it seems.

"You know, it hit me when I was on set last week, how profound it is that I am playing the Fairy Godmother -- they call it the Fab G," Porter said in a recent CBSN interview. "Magic has no gender."

"We are presenting this character as genderless -- at least that's how I'm playing it," he continued. "And it's really powerful." And who better to give us this version than the Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award winning Kinky Boots performer?!

"You know, this is a classic -- this is a classic fairy tale for a new generation.," he continued. "I think that the new generation is really ready. You know the kids are ready, it's the grownups that are slowing stuff down."

Cinderella is set to open in February 2021 and star Camila Cabello in the titular role.
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Mikelle Street

Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.

Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.