Sophie McShera may be in Disney's 'Cinderella'

Sophie McShera

The assistant cook of Downton Abbey is negotiating to be a wicked stepsister in Disney's upcoming "Cinderella," according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Sophie McShera would join a cast starring fellow Downton star Lily James (as Cinderella), Cate Blanchett (the wicked stepmother) Richard Madden (the prince) and Holliday Grainger (as the other stepsister).

Kenneth Branagh is directing the movie about the young orphaned girl left to a cruel stepmother until The Fairy Godmother enters the scene magically allowing Cinderella to go to a great ball. There she meets a Prince. But at the stroke of midnight, the magic disappears and she runs off leaving the glass slipper. All that is left is a quest by the Prince to find the young woman who fits the glass slipper.