W MAGAZINE – This past December, Lily James was lying on a beach in Jamaica, recuperating. It was the only sane way to end a year during which the actress shot a season of Downton Abbey and three films, including Cinderella, in which she plays the title role opposite Cate Blanchett’s evil stepmother, out March 13. “I can finally talk to you like a human being,” she said over the phone. “Before I got here, I felt like a weird, twisted version of myself.”
In conversation, James comes off as ?a combination of Lady Rose MacClare, the impulsive mischief-maker at Downton, and her earnest, straight-arrow Disney character. “As a child, I loved fairy tales and princesses,” James, 25, recalled. “But a lot of people think they’re not great role models for kids: aspiring toward just marriage or a man…” She trailed off, realizing she was quite possibly biting the hand that just gave her career a huge boost. “But I feel like in the film we try to focus on a message of strength and kindness as a way to live your life.”
Growing up in Surrey, England, James sang and performed, but she never went the Shakespeare and ?Jane Austen route—that is, until she arrived at drama school when she ?was 18. “My head exploded. I became ?a massive geek.” Like many British actresses, she’s wary of being typecast in period dramas, but a corseted Tiffany-blue gown was unavoidable for Cinderella’s grand entrance at the ball. “It was so ?tight, I could only eat soup,” she said, laughing. “I basically spent most of that scene burping.”

Lily, Richard Madden and Kenneth Branagh posed for a portrait session during press day for ‘Cinderella’. Unfortunately, they are in MQ but I will try to replace them with high quality ones as soon as I can.

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Lily is Saks Fifth Avenue’s cover girl for their first issue (Spring). You can find the scans and her interview in our gallery!

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While promoting ‘Cinderella,’ actress Lily James admits that acting in ‘Downton Abbey’ helped her to get the part of the princess, and she talks about why this adaptation of the fairytale is different

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I have updated the gallery with more high quality photos of Lily at the ‘Cinderella’ Premiere in Los Angeles on March 1, 2015. Many thanks to my friend Neide for some of the pictures.

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Public Appearances > 2015 > ‘Cinderella’ Los Angeles Premiere

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Yesterday evening, Lily looked incredibly beautiful at the ‘Cinderella’ Premiere in Los Angeles. She wore a stunning Elie Saab Haute Couture gown, Louboutin shoes with Charlotte Olympia clutch and jewels by Kwiat. I have added over 400 high quality pictures in our gallery, make sure to check them out and keep an eye ont it as I will probably add more later!

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