

Luke is amazed by Bev's musical aptitude, unaware that Katie is texting to her what she should say (because Bev forced her to help), but ends in disaster. Much to Bev's horror, he treats her out to a restaurant that evening. Jumping to the obvious-but-wrong conclusion, Luke falls for Bev and invites her to write more songs with him. In the music room, he sees Bev lip-syncing to Katie's voice ("Make You Believe"). Dorothy Plumberg the assistant principal trying to punish him with detention and being chased by a crazy girl. Luke wants to find the girl who sang for him, despite Ms. Gail informs Katie that she's grounded for disobeying her and going to the Ball. To save Angela's dance career, Katie goes along with Gail's plot. Now it's Katie's turn to get blackmailed: Gail vows to expel Angela from the Academy, which will ruin her chances of getting into Juilliard - unless Katie sings for Bev.

Katie tries to beat her stepmother home, but with no success. Angela distracts and challenges Gail to a Bollywood dance-off ("Oh Mere Dilruba"). There Katie leads Luke outside and sings ("Extra Ordinary"). Katie pleads with Ravi ( Manu Narayan), Gail's guru (who is no real guru but just a half-Italian/half-Indian method actor and former KFC worker from New Jersey, named Tony Gupta, who needed the work) to watch Victor while she goes to the Ball. Gail orders her stepdaughter to babysit Victor tonight, since she wants Bev to win Luke over at the Ball. Then Gail barges in, forcing Angela to hide. Angela urges Katie to sing for him at the Bollywood Ball that night, and gives her a costume to wear. The entranced Katie writes a song of her own for him and admits that she likes him.

Bev is reluctant, but goes along with this in order to win Luke's affections.Īt school, Katie and her best friend, aspiring dancer Angela ( Jessalyn Wanlim), hear Luke singing in the music room with his best friend, Mickey O'Malley, ("Knockin"). Then, after shoving Luke out of the house, Gail plans to get Bev a record deal by using Katie's voice. While Bev welcomes Luke, Gail barges into Katie's room and forces her to sing. Amused by the situation, Luke gives her his jacket. Unable to get back inside, Katie trips over a visiting Luke thinking fast, she covers herself up using the WELCOME mat. Meanwhile, Victor steals Katie's clothes and towel while she showers, and locks her out of the house, naked. Gail lies, claiming it was Bev's demo and that Katie stole it. Guy calls Gail on Katie's cell phone, who is shocked to hear that he loves Katie's demo ("Bless Myself"). Guy wants Luke to produce an upcoming showcase at the Academy Luke, however, is less than excited about following in his dad's footsteps.īack at home, Bev wants to win a recording contract with Guy: Bev, however, is a terrible singer the more she practices, the worse she sounds. Katie, wanting to change her life for the better, sneaks her demo CD into Guy's briefcase. At the Wellesley Academy of the Arts, of which Gail is headmistress, Guy Morgan (Dikran Tulaine) - English president of Kensington Records, enrolls his son, Luke ( Freddie Stroma). Then Victor wakes her up, demanding breakfast. In a dream, Katie performs a music video for her hit single ("Run This Town"). Katie's parents died prior to the events of the movie. Despite how badly they treat her, Katie does their bidding with no complaints in fear that they might put her into foster care. The film was followed by A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits (2016).ġ7-year-old aspiring singer, Katie Gibbs ( Lucy Hale), is over-worked, bullied, and constantly harassed by her stepfamily, the Van Ravensways - shallow stepmother Gail ( Missi Pyle), bratty teenage stepsister Beverly "Bev" ( Megan Park), and younger troublemaking stepbrother Victor ( Matthew Lintz). The film was released on DVD and digital on September 6, 2011, and premiered on ABC Family on January 22, 2012. When a new boy comes to school, she tries to get his attention using her voice.

In the film, a teenager dreams of being a singer, but her cruel stepmother and stepsister do everything they can to stop her from succeeding. It is a sequel to Another Cinderella Story (2008) and the third installment in A Cinderella Story series. A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song is a 2011 American teen comedy musical film directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Lucy Hale, Freddie Stroma, Megan Park, Matthew Lintz and Missi Pyle.
