DISNEY VILLAINS THAT NEED THEIR OWN MOVIE
by Joey-53-374601 | created - 01 Apr 2015 | updated - 01 Apr 2015 | PublicNow that "Maleficent" seems to have ignited a trend with Disney stories told from the villains perspective, here are a number of other Disney villains that, unfortunately, probably won't always be able to hold down their own movie, but nevertheless it would be interesting to see them in a live action adaption. This also includes some lesser known villains that I think would be fun to see on screen, and that would also be truly frightening.
1. Ben Kingsley
Actor | Sexy Beast
Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born medical doctor, of Gujarati Indian descent, and his mother, Anna Lyna Mary (Goodman), was an English actress. Ben began to act in stage plays during ...
JAFAR
The obvious choice for the charismatic wizard. Watch "Prince of Persia" and you'll need no further evidence.
2. Octavia Spencer
Actress | Hidden Figures
Spencer is a native of Montgomery, Alabama, which she claims is the proverbial buckle of the Bible belt. She's the sixth of seven siblings and holds a BS in Liberal Arts from Auburn University. A "closet" lover of acting, this practical Alabamian knew that she'd someday work in the film industry, ...
URSULA
Sure, in this day and age, good luck in Hollywood finding anybody to play Ursula (No one in Hollywood is that ugly, especially females). But I think Ms Spencer can wrap all her tentacles around this role although she will likely need some CGI.
3. Tilda Swinton
Actress | We Need to Talk About Kevin
The iconoclastic gifts of the highly striking and ferociously talented actress Tilda Swinton have been appreciated by art house crowds and international audiences alike. After her stunning Oscar-winning turn as a high-powered corporate attorney in the George Clooney starring and critically-lauded ...
THE WICKED QUEEN
Granted, she could play ALL of the major female villains, but if I had to pick one it would be THE WICKED QUEEN from Snow White.
This is the role Tilda Swinton was born to play!
4. Glenn Close
Actress | Fatal Attraction
Eight time Academy Award-nominated actress Glenn Close was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Mary H. "Bettine" (Moore) and William Taliaferro Close (William Close), a prominent doctor. Both of her parents were from upper-class families.
Glenn was a noted ...
CRUELLA DE VILLE
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE...so just let Glenn Close reprise the role!
5. Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor | There Will Be Blood
Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and head of the famous Ealing ...
CAPTAIN HOOK
Sure, Captain Hook in the animated version was an incompetent coward but had potential to be so much more...and if you need a Hook that will truly scare the kids, hire "Butcher Bill"
6. Armie Hammer
Actor | Call Me by Your Name
Armand Douglas Hammer was born in Los Angeles, California, to Dru Ann (Mobley) and Michael Armand Hammer, a businessman. His great-grandfather, Armand Hammer, was a prominent tycoon and philanthropist who ran the company Occidental Petroleum for many decades. Armie's ancestry includes ...
GASTON
He's tall, handsome and can play an arrogant douche. C'mon Armie, I know you can pull off this one!
While the space is still there, put him in the new Beauty & The Beast.
7. Jessica Lange
Actress | Tootsie
Jessica Lange was born in 1949, in Cloquet, Minnesota, USA, where her father worked as a traveling salesman. She obtained a scholarship to study art at the University of Minnesota, but instead went to Paris to study drama. She moved to New York, working as a model, until producer Dino De Laurentiis...
YZMA
She would be excellent as the grudge-holding witch...but who would play her Kronk...see the next pic on the list!
8. Dwayne Johnson
Actor | Black Adam
Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova ...
KRONK
Can it be more obvious?
9. Alan Rickman
Actor | Die Hard
Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). ...
JUDGE CLAUDE FROLLO
He refuses to be typecast as a 'villain actor' but I believe this role could help him win every award possible. He's got the look, the voice, the presence...and I have to hear him sing "HELLFIRE"
10. Daniel Craig
Actor | Casino Royale
One of the British theatre's most famous faces, Daniel Craig, who waited tables as a struggling teenage actor with the National Youth Theatre, has gone on to star as James Bond in Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021).
He was born ...
JOHN CLAYTON
When you need an upper class english hunter with a moustasche, hire Bond. James Bond.
11. John Hurt
Actor | Nineteen Eighty-Four
One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England. The youngest child of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend ...
THE HORNED KING
Do I need to say more...the most underrated actor for the most underrated villain. Even 30 years later (as he proved in "Hercules") the God of All Actors can pull off the The Devil of All The Disney Villains.
12. Jamie Foxx
Actor | Collateral
Jamie Foxx is an American actor, singer and comedian. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, for his work in the biographical film Ray (2004). The same year, he was nominated for the Academy...
DR FACILIER
Forget Electro, THIS is the villain role truly worthy of Jamie Foxx. And him singing "Friends on The Other Side" will likely grant him another Academy Award!
13. Ralph Fiennes
Actor | The Constant Gardener
Actor Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born on December 22, 1962 in Suffolk, England, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. He is the eldest of six children. Four of his siblings are also in the arts: Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus ...
EDGAR BALTHAZAR
He played the ultimate villain as Voldemort, he can do it once again as the wickedest of them all...EDGAR THE BUTLER!
14. Steve Buscemi
Actor | Fargo
Steve Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Dorothy (Wilson), a restaurant hostess, and John Buscemi, a sanitation worker. He is of Italian (father) and English, Dutch, and Irish (mother) descent. He became interested in acting during his last year of high school. After graduating, he moved to...
HADES
He has the exact line between comedy and evil that makes him the perfect pick for Hercules shady, jealous uncle.
15. Stephen Lang
Actor | Avatar
Stephen Lang is a distinguished and award-winning actor who commands considerable respect, and is equally at home on the Broadway stage, on television, and in film.
Though he is arguably most well-known for his acclaimed performance in James Cameron's Avatar (2009), Lang began his career in theater....
COMMANDER ROURKE
What's one more square jawed, evil general for Stephen Lang to play?
16. Svetlana Khodchenkova
Actress | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Svetlana Khodchenkova is a Russian actress, known for her roles in Bless the Woman (2003) and in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011).
She was born Svetlana Viktorovna Khodchenkova on January 21, 1983, in Moscow and spent her childhood in Zheleznodorozhny, a small city about 6 miles east of Moscow, ...
HELGA SINCLAIR
Would make a dream-team with Lang's Rourke.
17. Hugh Jackman
Actor | Les Misérables
Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer and producer. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as superhero, period, and romance characters. He is best known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film ...
PERCIVAL C McLEACH
He's big, he's australian and knows how to wrestle with wild animals. Would make great for the most frightening poacher in the history of cinema.
18. Don Johnson
Actor | Miami Vice
Best known for his starring role as Det. Sonny Crockett on the hugely successful TV series Miami Vice (1984), Don Johnson is one of the stars who really defined the 1980s. As James "Sonny" Crockett he went toe-to-toe with drug dealers, pimps, prostitutes, assassins, illegal arms-dealers and crooked...
BILL SYKES
He can play a ruthless murderer in "MACHETE", how about a sleazy loan shark.
Thought so!
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