Here's What These Animated Disney Characters Looked Like In The Original Vs. The Live-Action Remake
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If you grew up watching all of the animated Disney classics like Cinderella and Peter Pan, you're now living in the era of the live-action remake.
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I've rounded up the animated characters you know and love compared to the actors who played them on screen years later. Take a look:
1.First, here's Belle in the animated version of Beauty and the Beast (1991):
And Emma Watson as Belle in Beauty and the Beast (2017):
2.Here's the animated version of Cinderella in the original from 1950:
3.And Lily James as Cinderella in the 2015 remake:
Along with Brandy's version of Cinderella featured in the 1997 TV adaptation:
4.Here's Peter Pan in the 1953 original film release:
And Jeremy Sumpter in Peter Pan (2003):
5.Here's Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937):
And here's Lily Collins as Snow White in Mirror Mirror (2012):
Kristen Stewart also played the character in 2012's Snow White and the Huntsman:
6.Here's Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (1991):
And Luke Evans as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (2017):
7.Here's Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1961):
And Emma Stone as the iconic Disney villain in Cruella (2021):
Glenn Close also took a stab at playing Cruella in 1996's 101 Dalmatians:
8.Here's the animated version of Aladdin in 1992:
And Mena Massoud as Aladdin in 2019:
9.Here's the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937):
And Charlize Theron as a modernized version of the Queen in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012):
10.Here's Fairy Godmother working her magic in Cinderella (1950):
And Helena Bonham Carter as Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (2015):
11.Here's LeFou in Beauty and the Beast (1991):
And Josh Gad as Gaston's sidekick in Beauty and the Beast (2017):
12.Here are the the evil stepsisters Anastasia and Drizella in Cinderella (1950):
And Holliday Grainger as Anastasia and Sophie McShera as Drizella in Cinderella (2015):
13.Here's Genie with Aladdin and Abu in the 1992 debut of the movie:
And Will Smith as Genie in Aladdin (2019):
14.Here's Lady Tremaine, aka Cinderella's wicked stepmother, in the 1950 animated release:
And Cate Blanchett as Lady Tremaine in Cinderella (2015):
15.Here's Wendy Darling alongside her brothers John and Michael in Peter Pan (1953):
And Rachel Hurd-Wood as Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (2003):
16.Here's Princess Jasmine in Aladdin (1992):
And Naomi Scott as the live-action Jasmine in Aladdin (2019):
17.Here's the animated version of Mulan in 1998:
And Liu Yifei as Mulan in the 2020 rendition:
18.Here's the swashbuckling pirate Captain Hook in the 1953 version of Peter Pan:
And Jason Isaacs as Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003):
Not to mention, there's also Dustin Hoffman's early '90s version in Hook:
19.Here's Aurora when she pricked her finger on the spinning wheel in Sleeping Beauty (1959):
And Elle Fanning as Aurora in Maleficent (2014):
20.Here's the animated version of Jafar pictured with Aladdin and Iago in 1992:
And Marwan Kenzari as Jafar in Aladdin (2019):
21.Here's Ariel in 1989's The Little Mermaid:
And Halle Bailey as Ariel in The Little Mermaid (2023):
22.Here's Mowgli in The Jungle Book (1967):
And Neel Sethi as Mowgli in The Jungle Book (2016):
Along with Rohan Chand's version in Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018):
23.Here's Geppetto in Pinocchio (1940):
And Tom Hanks as Geppetto in Pinocchio (2022):
24.Here's Alice in Alice in Wonderland (1951):
And Mia Wasikowski as Alice in Alice in Wonderland (2010):
25.Finally, here's one of Maleficent's most iconic scenes in Sleeping Beauty (1959):
And Angelina Jolie as Maleficent in 2014:
