5 Brilliant And Talented Women Who Inspired Disney’s Cruelest Villains
What do 3 old women, a drag queen and a Hollywood hell-raiser have in common? They all became Disney villains.
Once upon a time, fairy tale characters lived in people’s imaginations.
Writers like Hans Christian Andersen and The Brothers’ Grimm wrote fairy tale books, and readers imagined the characters in our heads.
We sort of knew what Snow White looked like. Hair black as ebony, skin white as snow. But the villains? We were free to imagine those.
Until Disney came along and put faces to the characters.
Except, he didn’t.
Walt Disney didn’t create the characters in all those Disney movies at all. Most were inspired by real people. Sometimes, they were voice actors or live action models, hired to act out the parts while animators sketched them.
Other times, they were randomly chosen people who inspired a character and were never asked for permission or given credit until after the fact, if at all.
Here are 5 real life women who inspired Disney’s biggest villains.
