If You Thought Disney's Villains Were Evil Just Wait Until You Read These 20 Hidden Facts

by N/A, 11 years ago | 3 min read

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Turns out Disney's villians are much more interesting than their innocent counterparts.

1. After the success of the live action version of Maleficent, a similar backstory about Cruella de Vil is now in production.

2. The Evil Queen's real name is Queen Grimhilde.

Somehow, Evil Queen is far less creepy.

3. The same person, Sterling Holloway, voiced both Kaa from The Jungle Book and Alice in Wonderland's Chesire Cate.

4. The Lion King's Scar died after being attacked by his own hyenas.

That was originally how Gaston was going to die, but it was considered too gruesome.

5. Ursula's look is based off the famous drag performer Divine.

6. Maleficent's horns are based on the devil.

Her collar is based on bats and her robe is based on Czech designs that the movie's illustrator found in his home.

7. Lady Tremaine, Cinderella's step mother was drawn realistically to make her more frightening.

8. Sir Patrick Stewart (AKA Captain Picard) was offered the part of Jafar in Aladdin, but had to turn it down due to Star Trek scheduling conflicts.

9. Governor John Ratcliffe was actually a real person.

10. Judge Doom, from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, was revealed as the killer of Bambi's mom in early versions of the script.

11. In the book, Kaa is acutally Mowgli's ally, but was rewritten as a villain for the movie.

12. Scar makes a cameo in Hercules.

As a throwrug.

13. The name Maleficent is based on the Latin word "maleficenta" meaning "evil-doing."

14. Hans (23) and Gaston (25) are the youngest villains in any Disney movie.

15. Due to his loveable nature, Walt Disney insisted that Captain Hook not be killed at the end of Peter Pan.

16. Mother Gothel, from Tangled, is the only Disney Villain to ever die of old age.

17. The horns worn by Angelina Jolie in Maleficent were created by fetishware designers.

18. Tom Hiddleston (AKA Loki) voiced Captain Hook in Tinkerbell and the Pirate Fairy.

19. Sid makes a cameo in Toy Story 3 as a garbage truck driver.

20. Jodi Benson, who voices Ariel, also voices Vanessa (AKA Ursula in human form)

Not surprising, since Ursula stole Ariel's voice.