I find it phenomenal how the actors literally had to dress up and act in real time as well in order to get the movements right. It really shows how far animation has come.
They did that more likely because the animators were using the rotoscoping technique. That’s when you paint over filmed footage. They rotoscope the movements then put it over the painter background. I had to do a very rough version in one of my animation classes.
I honestly came down here to see if anyone else was going to comment that. She really nailed Pat Carroll's laugh and you could tell she was having fun being evil there.
James Woods’ performance is especially great when you learn behind the scenes that they completely rewrote Hades’ whole personality around him. The original concept of Hades was for him to just be another dark, menacing overlord type of villain (similar to Chernabog or the Horned King). But after Woods decided to try some improv, giving Hades the vibe of a sleazy, silver-tongued salesman, the writers loved it so much that they kept it in.
It's amazing reading that with the benefit of the finished movie. Hades absolutely makes that film what it is, he absolutely steals the show. And that's hard with such an excellent cast! But it's his personality that sells it and I just can't imagine that character any other way, the whole movie would be so so different in tone.
I was actually shocked to find James woods was hades. I'm pretty versed in Disney but never gave a second thought to hades cause Hercules is low on my Disney list
I always thought it was weird that Disney cast him without thinking they'd get a car salesman lord of the dead, he always plays a fast talking character. Then I heard him in a DC animated film where he played a bad guy and he sounded so scary! Hades didn't scare me if he wasn't flaming, so I didn't know if he could do it but he was phenomenal. Terrifyingly emotionless, direct and cruel, he was amazing. That's what Disney wanted for Hades. We all agree what we got was better, but its still nice to see him voice act a different role.
They were also originally planning on having Jack Nicholson play hades but scheduling conflicts prevented it but it ended up giving us a much better villain
@DJ_Cub Fun fact: Initially, the producers wanted David Bowie for Scar, but he was on-tour at the time that the movie was being made, and they couldn't put it on-hold to wait for him. I think he would've definitely enjoyed the "You're so weird/You have no idea" exchange with little Simba. (3/5/2023)
@@Cure_Hana Oh god we lost 3 villians in 2021/2 The German voice actor Thomas Fritsch who played Scar passed away in 2021 The original voice actor from Ursula Pat Carroll died this year and now the original voice actor from Iago 🥀
Gaston's voice actor is literally just as good looking as the character. Also even without looking like his animated character, Povenmire can still do the Doof voice.
@@BenjaminWirtz Billy Bletcher was also the voice of the Big Bad Wolf in "The Three Little Pigs," as well as voices for the Tom and Jerry cartoons made by M.G.M.
I find it remarkable the Johnathon Freeman has been doing almost every Jafar. Even in the original Broadway cast he played Jafar in Aladdin, and in video games as well. Very few have done that role besides him
@Idiotsdoesthings Here's something cool. I've heard that, at first, they wanted Patrick Stewart for Jafar, but he had a scheduling conflict with shooting "Star Trek: Next Generation". I've got to admit that it IS fun to imagine that Shakespearean accent shout, "Get your blasted beak out of my face!" (3/5/2023)
I remember once hearing a voice actor at a convention saying that one could only truly be good at voicing a character if they knew how to act. Their reasoning was emotions and meaning need to be able to be conveyed despite only hearing a voice
@@mikaladadams If they were to do an actual live adaptation of Tangled, should the get Wendi McLendon-Covey, Meryl Streep or Jennifer Tilly as Mother Gothel?
Oogie boogie's song has always been my favorite because of the singer's great voice. My favorite part 8:55 is when he says "It's much more fun, I must confess when lives are on the line, not mine, of course but yours, oh boy. Now that'd be just fine"
@@Neo2k7 Fun Fact: My mother just watched Tangled recently and she thought that Mother Gothel was played by Angela Lansbury. I don't know how she would think that????
I’m impressed you went that extra mile and got bonuses like Jim Cummings singing for Scar (many didn’t know that), Jodi Benson as Vanessa, and the wonderful Gilbert Gottfried just ad libbing as Iago. You know your stuff. ❤️
I think a lot of the problem with the live action films is that the villains are so iconic that they never get them right. I watched Aladdin the other day and as a film it's OK, but Jafar wasn't anywhere near as charismatic or brilliant as the animation and the exclusion of Gilbert as Iago was just criminal. Iago was relegated to a walk on bit character instead of the heart of the movie. His evolution from evil sidekick to trusted friend was better character development than most films manage for the leads.
Yeah. It's incredible how easily our minds accept animation; only when put side to side with actual people doing their lines did I notice how stylized and exaggerated the humans and their movements really are in these movies.
Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Billy Bletcher as Pete 01:44 - Eleanor Audley as Lady Tremaine 02:05 - Hans Conried as Captain Hook 02:49 - Peggy Lee as Si & Am 03:37 - Eleanor Audley as Maleficent 03:58 - Pat Caroll as Ursula 04:50 - Jodi Benson as Vanessa 05:18 - Richard White as Gaston LeGume 05:47 - Liz Callaway as The Bimbettes 06:02 - Jonathan Freeman as Jafar 07:04 - Ken Page as Oogie Boogie 09:37 - Jeremy Irons as Scar 10:23 - James Woods as Hades 11:05 - Keith David as Dr. Facilier 11:45 - Dan Povenmire as Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz 12:16 - Donna Murphy as Mother Gothel 13:42 - Alan Tudyk as King Candy 14:01 - Alan Tudyk as The Duke Of Weselton 14:54 - Santino Fontana as Prince Hans 16:52 - Jemaine Clement as Tamatoa 18:14 - Gilbert Gottfried as Iago 19:21 - Epilogue
@@thomasbradley4505 Fun Fact: My mother just watched Tangled recently and she thought that Mother Gothel was played by Angela Lansbury. I don't know how she would think that????
2022 was quite the year to hit us in the feels. we lost her, then if you were an LA native, not long after her, we then lost a great of the sports world in Vin Skully.
Jeremy isn't dead. He even offered to reprise the role for the (gag) live-action remake. They got James because they knew it wouldn't sell otherwise, but Jeremy is just as iconic as Scar.
I love how the timing is still so perfect on Jonathan Freeman and Ken Page's performances that the lip flaps still align despite not being the recorded version used in the film. Just freakin brilliant.
Alan Tudyk also voiced the weasel in Zootopia (forgot his name). While not the main villain, the character pokes fun at Tudyk's Weaselton character in Frozen.
Also, thank you for showing the Kingdom Hearts scenes! You can tell how a lot of the Disney Renaissance VAs are still dedicated to their characters, that they would never refuse to play them.
I... don't think these actors would turn down an opportunity to reprise their roles. In the case of Kingdom Hearts, it was simply to align both an actor's schedule and budget. Kingdom Hearts managed to get around half of the original actors back, while they hired lesser-known actors to fill the blanks. For KH3 alone, they got most the cast from Frozen and Big Hero 6. If it wasn't from the movies, it was from the TV series. Dude, Kevin McNally reprised his role as Gibbs from the Pirates of the Caribeans movies in the 3rd game O_O You want a bigger mind-blowing fact? Kathryn Beaumont, the original actress for both Alice in Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (1953), reprised BOTH roles in the first Kingdom Hearts game in 2002, FIFTY years later.
@@MrJechgo I actually did know a lot of that, I just didn’t want to type a text wall. Lol! Yeah, really the only reason Nathan Lane has rarely reprised his role as Timon is exactly that. He’s usually been already booked with other projects, especially while The Lion Guard was airing.
@@KopaXTani and that's totally fine. As I said, I don't recall any Disney actor hating their roles, so the real reasons are all about "not being available" and "not interested by the paycheck" (It is their livelihood afterall). Otherwise, Square-Enix simply didn't have enough money to spend on actors. I mean, we could have gotten Tom Hanks and Tim Allen as Woody and Buzz for the Toy Story level, but... they probably would have slashed an entire Disney world (or two) in exchange ^^; We didn't get John Goodman and Billy Crystal as Sully and Mike from Monsters Inc, but at least the replacements were spot-on ;) Dude, for some reason, they didn't get Patton Oswalt to voice Remy from Ratatouille, leaving the rat with no lines...
It's so awesome to see all of these amazing voice actors in action behind the scenes and at table readings! It sucks some of them passed away, but their legacy as Disney characters is one that will never go. Also, I love that first clip, and it actually shows Walt Disney himself voicing Mickey! :)
While it's great to see these recording of the actors portraying the voices of the villains, I bet a lot of people who happen across this video are shocked to see Walt Disney himself is doing the voice of Mickey in the video of him and Billy Bletcher recording lines for "Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip" (1940)
I knew Walt originally voiced Mickey but it still shocked me when I saw him in the video, I’ve never seen video of him voicing Mickey before! So cool that video exists
I was surprised to find the original voice actor for Pete.. Also the best villain voice actors for me are: Donna Murphy as Mother Gothel, Jeremy Irons as Scar, Jonathan Freeman as Jafar and Eleanor Audley as Evil Stepmother and even as Maleficent.. They knew how to interpret their characters well and give them their touch of villainous personality
Wow! I love this. Especially the classics. The Siamese twins, how they recorded twice was really cool. And obviously seeing wall Tower over this little man, and then their voices are opposite
Videos like this really shine the light on all the talented actors and actresses who bring our villains we love to hate to life. A lot of fun. Thank you very much.
Not to mention has a damn good singing voice, I wish he could’ve reprised his role in Lion Guard (not that I dislike David Qyelowo) and Kingdom Hearts.
It’s amazing how dedicated and different these actors were that they had so much fun while recording with a lack of technology and resources. It’s shows how far we’ve come but also how grateful we should be. We usually take things for granted.
I wish I could’ve saw David Ogden Stiers as Ratcliffe and Tony Jay as Frollo, along Eartha Kitt as Yzma, Suzanne Pleshette as Zira and George Sanders as Shere Khan, I would have loved to see how they performed the characters irl, great video though.
If Ken Page didn't have the time of his life singing Oogie Boogie's Song! And props to Greg Proops as well; I was today years old when I found out he was a bunch of voices from the movie, lol (including the iconic "Nice work...BONE DADDY")
Jonathan freeman was brilliant but noone holds the villan candle to Jeremy Irons. Scar. Although Mr Oogie Boogie from Nightmare before Christmas is extremely talented. Scar and Facilier were my favorite villians
Love that Walt Disney voiced one of his own characters he created. He’s one of the best. Love him and Wayne Allwine as Mickey the most. Best Mickey Mouse voices imo.
