The Surprising Evolution of Cruella De Vil
From a calm socialite, she morphed into an unhinged puppy kidnapper and then a vindictive glamourpuss. Why don’t we hate her?
Cruella de Vil in “One Hundred and One Dalmatians.” The 1961 animated film gave the character a more crazed temperament than in the original children’s novel.Credit.Walt Disney Productions
May 30, 2021Updated 1:52 p.m. ET
“The thing is, I was born brilliant,” Cruella de Vil says in the new live-action Disney prequel to “One Hundred and One Dalmatians.” “Born bad. And a little bit mad.”
Not quite.
In her first incarnation, Cruella de Vil was a married woman with a cat.
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