It wasn’t based on the Nutcracker ballet, so there was no ballet in this version of the story. “When they brought the idea to me, it was based on the Nutcracker book. He was young and that’s not common in the ballet world.” I selected Liam Scarlet, a choreographer in residence for the Royal Ballet in London and I had worked with him before. They’re like, ‘we don’t know Ballet, this isn’t our world’, so they allowed me to choose a choreographer. She said, “They were just really organic about letting me kind of take the lead. ![]() Misty said she was a bit shocked that Disney reached out to her. ![]() How Misty Came to Be a Part of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: It gave me such power and confidence like I’d never experienced before.” ![]() Who knows if it was actual reality but in my mind, being a black young girl, being super skinny with long legs and these massive feet and big hands and little head, I stepped into the studio and thought ‘Oh, everything is exactly right’. That’s when it clicked and I felt beautiful for the first time in my life. “I was taken on Scholarship into the local ballet school. I put on the leotard and I could see myself in front of the mirror. And they were all older. But they all had their gear on and I had like leggings or tights and I was in like these baggy basketball shorts and socks and I was like, ‘This just isn’t right. All the other kids were coming from underprivileged backgrounds like me and none of them danced. I don’t want to say I hated it, but it was not something I thought I was going to do. “The first ballet class I took was on a basketball court at the Boys and Girls Club in San Pedro, California. Misty was 13-years-old when she began dancing. (However, those thinking Disney's Nutcracker retelling will include a great deal of ballet and dancing should keep their expectations low, though Misty Copeland is wonderful as the ballerina.) While The Nutcracker and the Four Realms will undoubtedly find some fans, it is by no means destined to become a holiday classic.On the day of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms red carpet premiere, I had a chance to sit down with Misty and she shared a bit about her history and her experience with making the film. As a result, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is worth checking out for those interested in getting into the holiday spirit. It's a powerful message, and comes alongside one about the importance of family. Sentimentality and earnestness aren't necessarily a bad thing to have in a film, but The Nutcracker and the Four Realms doesn't pull off weaving in those elements in a way that feels earned, falling just short of the mark - or, as the case may be, overshooting it by far too much.Īltogether, though, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is still a solid family-friendly adventure one in which a young girl bonds with her mother over their love of inventing and finds the confidence that what makes her different is what makes her strong. There are undoubtedly moments sweet enough to give viewers a toothache (or inspire laughs at certain lines that are perhaps too corny for anyone not fully in the sentimental Christmas mindset), but that's true of most holiday movies. Ultimately, in addition to the costumes by Beavan and production designed by Guy Hendrix Dyas, the most memorable aspect of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is its earnestness in giving Clara an empowering journey to discovering herself and rediscovering the meaning of family following the death of her mother. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms makes choices that seem to work on paper but fail to come together particularly well. ![]() Certainly, Clara's talents are essential to her adventure, and Hollywood needs more female characters with STEM-related interests, but this particular spin on the original story is indicative of the film overall. As a result, Clara's abilities as an inventor come off somewhat more as simply an easy way for the Mouse House to reimagine a female character in a way that appears more modern. The spin gives Clara a great deal of agency in the story of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, though it is quite a bit similar to how Disney modernized Beauty and the Beast when adapting it to live-action. Similarly, Clara follows in her mother's footsteps with a talent for tinkering with her mother's and Drosselmeyer's inventions. For instance, Marie, the main character of Hoffman's story is not only reimagined as the mother of Clara, she's also portrayed as an inventor as talented, if not more so, than Drosselmeyer.
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