Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25345262-20161004163401/@comment-25345262-20161004210216

Hmcooper4 wrote: Actually, That scene also sounds like a small nod towards "Ever After". In that retelling, the younger of the Sisters also falls for a footman, and is also more sympathetic towards Ella than the older one.

But let's not forget that in "Ever After" the stepmother and the older stepsister also criticized the younger stepsister on her weight issues which also made her sympathetic towards the Cinderella character.