Watch these exclusive interviews with the ‘Cruella’ cast ahead of the Friday premiere! blackfilm.com correspondent Koku Tona sat down with Paul Walter Hauser, Joel Fry, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste to discuss their roles in the live-action film about Disney’s most notorious, high fashion villain, Cruella. The cast talks how fun it was to play their roles, and exploring the perception of their characters.
No spoilers were revealed, so you won’t want to miss these interviews, or the film, which explores Cruella’s origin story, and how layered being ‘bad’ can be.
Joel Fry and Paul Walter Hauser talk their roles as Jasper and Horace in ‘Cruella’.
Paul Walter Hauser & Joel Fry are Cruella’s pals Horace & Jasper.
Kirby Howell-Baptiste talks her role as Anita Darling in ‘Cruella’.
Cruella premieres on Friday, May 28th, 2021 in theaters, and on Disney+ with Premier Access to subscribers for a onetime additional fee. ‘Cruella’ will be available to all Disney+ subscribers on August 27th, 2021.
Watch the ‘Cruella’ Trailer ahead of Friday’s premiere!
About Cruella:
Academy Award winner Emma Stone (“La La Land”) stars in Disney’s “Cruella,” an all-new live-action feature film about the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious – and notoriously fashionable – villains, the legendaryCruella de Vil. “Cruella,” which is set in 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, follows a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute, played by two-time Oscar® winner Emma Thompson (“Howards End,” “Sense and Sensibility”). But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.
“Cruella” stars Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Mark Strong. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie, with screenplay by Dana Fox and Tony McNamara, story by Aline Brosh McKenna and Kelly Marcel & Steve Zissis, based upon the novel “The One Hundred and One Dalmatians” by Dodie Smith. “Cruella” is produced by Andrew Gunn, Marc Platt and Kristin Burr, p.g.a., with Emma Stone, Michelle Wright, Jared LeBoff and Glenn Close serving as executive producers.
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