Director Kenneth Branagh discourages the thought of his 'Cinderella' adaptation being a retelling of "the women-in-need-of-saving trope." In a recent interview with Huffington Post, Branagh explains how he plans to spin his new adaptation and how it will differ from older and classic interpretations.

He was first asked about what drew him to the story in the first place, he responded:

"It was the script. Chris White's process of reimaging the character from the inside out. That seemed to me what was most exciting and most surprising. There's an uneasy association of the Cinderella story with the modern audience of containing a passive victim waiting for a guy. In fact, the structure of the story responded very well to making time allow her to become strong, empowered and intelligent. We make various choices to do that. Showing who she was, where she was born and then having a chance to see a relationship with the prince develop. So, it was about the excitement of reimaging that character and sort of turning this tale on its head from the inside out."

He was also asked if there was any relation between his Disney's 'Cinderella' adaption, and Disney's 'Into the Woods'.

"Yes and no. The character exists in a different sort of fairytale world. I was very familiar with the theater piece, which I've seen a number of times. I'm a devotee of Stephen Sondheim. I think he's a genius. I somehow think of that 'Into The Woods' version as entirely from Sondheim's imagination, and also from Rob Marshall who is a wonderful director. Everything about her feels dirtier and darker. It's very sardonic and, in a way, some of the cruelty is inwardly inflicted. It's very sharp and funny at times. It mocks itself a lot. It's incredibly convoluted and works with dark material."

"In contrast with that material, we wanted our Cinderella to be a seeker of knowledge and truth. Someone who was heading toward the life. Someone whose decision was not abandoning her own wry intelligence. For example, just because she doesn't engage with the stepmother and daughter, doesn't mean she doesn't realize they're being unusual and cruel. You can see in her reactions, there's an emotional intelligence at work there that has a bit of an arched eyebrow. But she chooses not to go that route. She definitely follows that route of kindness, goodness and courage."

There was also a bit of controversy with the release of images featuring actress Lily James in a dress where her waist appeared digitally altered. Branagh has refuted these claims and stated she wears a corset in the film. He's asked why was it made so extreme.

"It wasn't so extreme. I remember the most extreme version of a corset was Mr. Pearl, who made corsets for period pieces and wore a corset himself. He'd worn it for so long that the whole top of his body was pinched in. This was for a short time and there wasn't a grain of desire or design to meet some so-called example of a feminine shape that we wanted to give character to. It was for these structured costumes with silhouettes that in themselves revealed character. It was about the sensory experience of all of that."

'Cinderella' hits theaters on March 13^th