

When Robert finds Ella, he tells her that he also wants to choose himself, which means choosing to be with her regardless of his father’s expectations or traditions. RELATED: Lord of the Rings' First Photo Hides a Major Tolkien Easter Egg She tells her annoyingly-lofty husband off and makes him agree to let Robert hunt down Ella. Not having a better option, he resigns to marry someone else at the behest of his father, but his mother isn’t having it.

Robert is, understandably, distraught, as that’s not how this fairy tale is supposed to go. She likes Robert but knows that becoming a princess means that she would not be able to chase her dream as a dressmaker. That leaves her to choose herself and her dream, rather than becoming a princess that’s confined to a particular role.

So, when Ella shows up in Fab G’s creation, Robert is mesmerized, but she isn't convinced. And she only agrees to go to the ball to try and market her dress-making skills to others there. The problem, however, is that in this version, Ella has no intention of being swept off of her feet by a know-it-all, braggadocios prince. In fact, Robert only agreed to have a ball so that he could specifically meet Ella. One such change is that Prince Robert and Ella see each other before the royal ball. From having Billy Porter play the part of the fairy-godparent to the evil stepmother not being evil, after all, the film is all about upsetting the status quo.
