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The character was animated by Marc Davis, who also animated Aurora in the film. She was aptly named "Maleficent" (an adjective derived from the Latin maleficentia, which means "doing evil or harm"), [7] and may have been based on earlier French and European myths and legends about the fairy Mélusine, especially in the 2014 live-action film of the same name. [8]
Actress Elle Fanning portrayed a live-action version of Aurora in the film Maleficent (2014), a retelling of the 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of the title character. Fanning returned to portray Aurora in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), which is set five years later. The Sleeping Beauty Castle is an attraction at ...
Maleficent appears as a non-player character and the main antagonist in the video game Disney Magic Kingdoms, where she casts a curse on the titular Kingdom. [10] Aurora, Prince Phillip, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather appear as playable characters in the main storyline of the game. [11]
Maleficent is a live-action adaptation/retelling of 1959's animated film Sleeping Beauty, from the eponymous antagonist. [1] In 2003, [2] during Don Hahn's meeting with Disney's animation department, it was suggested to create an origin film about Maleficent from Disney's animated film Sleeping Beauty in the same vein as then just released Broadway musical Wicked. [3]
Her most notable film credit is providing the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney animated film Sleeping Beauty. She is the last surviving voice actress of the three Disney Princesses created in Walt Disney's lifetime and was named a Disney Legend in 1999. [1] [2] [3] She is a recipient of the 2020 National Medal of Arts. [4]
Princess Aurora is the titular protagonist of the film and the third official Disney Princess.After she is cursed by the evil fairy Maleficent as a baby to die on her sixteenth birthday after pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel, Merryweather uses her gift to change the curse so that Aurora will instead fall into a deep sleep until true love's kiss breaks the spell.
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With Maleficent distracted, the Queen fires her crossbow. Maleficent saves Aurora, but is struck by the arrow, dissolving into ashes. Devastated, Aurora mourns over Maleficent's death. However, as Aurora's tears fall on the ashes, Maleficent is reborn as a Phoenix. Terrified, Ingrith throws Aurora off the tower to distract Maleficent and runs away.