Disney World Seeks Performers for Maleficent Role in Upcoming 'Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After' Show

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Posted: Thursday January 23, 2025 9:11am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney Live Entertainment has opened another round of casting submissions for the role of Maleficent in their upcoming production "Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After" at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World Resort.

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The new show, set to open in summer 2025, will transform Sunset Showcase into the Magic Mirror's realm, featuring live performances by Disney's iconic villains, including Cruella de Vil and Captain Hook alongside Maleficent.

For the role of Maleficent, Disney seeks female-identifying performers between 5'10" and 6'1" who can embody the animated character's commanding presence. The non-singing role requires strong acting abilities to portray the self-proclaimed "mistress of all evil."

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Local performers can submit video auditions through February 1, 2025. The submission process requires actors to perform a provided monologue and complete an online check-in. Selected candidates will be notified by February 5 for potential in-person callbacks in Orlando on February 13.

The role falls under Disney World's agreement with Actors' Equity Association. Interested performers can find submission details at Checkin.DisneyAuditions.com.

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Gusey2 days ago

Oh, saw Cars Meet and Greet and thought it was their most recent location. They sure have gone to a lot of areas of that park

DCBaker2 days ago

Wrong area - @wdwmagic posted an article discussing the permit location: https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/monsters-inc.-land/news/28jan2025-monsters-inc.-land-updates-new-permit,-and-fresh-paint-on-old-structure-at-disneys-hollywood-studios.htm

Gusey2 days ago

Are these the Cars meet and greets outside where Lightning McQueen was? I was expecting them to remove them, not reuse them. Villain meet and greets?

ToTBellHop4 days ago

Or if she wanted to kill dogs not for their fur but for their delicious spare ribs and loins?

Agent H4 days ago

I feel like I should clarify my position when it comes to this the animated cruella and the other live action version are supposed to be unforgivable the one in cruella is not if they ever get around to making the sequel I imagine it will be a twisted retelling of 101 Dalmatians where cruella will be shown to appear more reasonable.

Cliff5 days ago

Oh yes. What you say has been happening for thousands of years. The history books have hundreds of big-name villains who people thought were perfectly reasonable. I don't see this changing. It must be in our DNA??

ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ5 days ago

aka Microsoft Edge

Agent H5 days ago

You know I always thought even as a kid that there’s probably someone like cruella in the world and someone probably considers them reasonable

Cliff5 days ago

Y'know,...you bring up a very good point. Maybe we "all" have some "Cruella" inside of us??

etc985 days ago

Exactly it. And also, just because in the show the villains are trying to get you to feel sympathy for them, it doesn’t mean the message of the show is that you should feel sympathy for them. The message could be “wow, look at how crazy and deluded these villains are for thinking they’re in the right!”

Agent H5 days ago

As a vegetarian this is a good point

MisterPenguin5 days ago

Would Cruella be so evil if she wanted to kill not young dogs but young cows for a nice veal dinner?

Agent H5 days ago

Cruella is not cannon to the animated or live- action version of the story it is its own thing

Mr. Sullivan5 days ago

Not exactly. I mean that explaining why a villain does something doesn’t necessarily mean that the movie is asking you to excuse what they did. They just want to tell you why they did it. Like for example in a crime documentary, a lot of time is spent on the killer’s background and their motives. Not in an effort to make the audience feel what they did was alright, but rather to provide context to the act because human beings are naturally curious about “whys”. To use an example from this thread, I don’t think Cruella wants you to believe she is not a villain or that what she does is right, all the movie is doing is providing the context of why she does what she does.