Taylor Ferber | November 23, 2014 9:00 pm

We all grew up with the happily ever afters of iconic fairy tales. But do the same ideals featured in these classic tales hold up in modern relationships? VH1 questioned the Into the Woods cast to weigh in at the New York press conference on Sunday.

“[The thought] that there is some kind of all-encompassing, burning, passionate like that will never die out except you both die is so depressing and not real,” said Chris Pine, who plays Cinderella’s Prince in the upcoming movie musical. “There’s this trope in literature that somehow we’re not whole except we have another — which, for me, is not honest to the uniqueness and wonderfulness of the individual. We can compliment one another greatly but we are not the source of each additional’s happiness.”

While the rest of us rely on dating apps for potential mates, Pine doesn’t need any help in the romance department. “Chris Pine doesn’t need Tinder, he just steps out,” co-star James Corden joked. “He literally steps out of his door into a virtual Tinder. That’s everyday.” When Corden later place Pine on the spot by asking whether he would “swipe left or right” if Anna [Kendrick] came up on Tinder, the actor showed off his right Prince Charming side by cautiously avoiding the question with a laugh.

Speaking of Tinder, Corden has a plot to update fairy tales for the modern age: “Tinderella, that’s a hashtag! Get it out there now!”

Into the Woods hits theaters on December 25.

Tags: Into The Woods, Chris Pine, Anna Kendrick, James Corden