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' Cruella' pits Stone vs. Thompson in punk Disney fashion duel 'Cruella' pits Stone vs. Thompson in punk Disney fashion duel 'PITTING one of its most memorable Stone plays a young Cruella De Vil, empire. 'Mean and hardened, villains against a fearsome new foe, whose rebellious streak has not yet "I spent decades playing what my Asked about her real-life inspirations for Disney*s devilishly fashionable "CrueUa” is reached the point of skinning mother used to call 'good women in the character, Thompson explained that one of the studio's darkest movies yet, Dalmatians in the name of haute frocks：' Thompson told a virtual press while “my experience of people who are according to star Emma Stone. couture. conference. "Now I got to play an evil truly mean and hardened and The live-action “101 Dalmatians" An ambitious, upstart designer, woman - in frocks. But oh boy, the narcissistic is quite rare... there are quite origin story, out Friday, is set in a Cruella quickly crosses paths with the Cruella with frocks/ a number of them in show business.” Vivienne Westwood punk-inspired formidable Baroness von Hellman - Stone, Fry Lavish costumes not only provide on­ "Mentioning no names, but... some of London world, complete with a 1970s played by Emma Thompson - who and Hauser. screen flair, but also chart Cruella's those people have come to light rock-influenced soundtrack and all thinks nothing of using her power, transformation through the movie, from recently," added Thompson, an manner of Afghan coats, maxi skirts and influence and even violence to crush rebellious schoolgirl to a bitter rival bent outspoken activist on causes including wet-look boots. youthful pretenders to her fashion on sabotaging the Baroness's imperious the #MeToo movement that continues to designs. rock Hollywood and the entertainment Spectacular fashion set-pieces industry worldwide. include a punk-inspired 60-foot (18- Thompson was praised at the start of metre) long dress train flowing behind a the #MeToo movement for slamming the garbage truck through central London. sex crimes of Hollywood mogul Harvey “It was just phenomenal - I mean, Weinstein as part of "the crisis of nothing you would ever be able to even extreme masculinity." remotely wear in real life," said Stone. She publicly withdrew from animated "That really is the moment where film Luck in 2019 after its studio hired you're like, 'I am in a movie right now... former Pixar boss John Lasseter, who is this is never happening in reality"( she accused of sexual harassment. added. Cruella does not stray into subjects Double Oscar-winner Thompson - such as sexual abuse - and contains known for works from Sense and plenty of humor thanks to Paul Walter Sensibility to the Harry Potter films - told Hauser and Joel Fry's turns as the film's journalists she had been "asking protagonist's gruff, odd-couple for quite a number of years', to play a henchmen. villain. But along with its depiction of a take- "I am very interested in the dark side no-prisoners fashion world packed with of female characters, because they're so vanity, jealousy and snobbery, there are rarely allowed to be dark,“ she said. plenty of moments to frighten younger "We're all supposed to be nice and good, viewers. aren't we?” Even the Dalmatians themselves have "It's definitely dark for a Disney a menacing edge. movie,“ added Stone, who is also an The real dogs on set were ”very executive producer alongside a former sweet,“ said Thompson - but were given Cruella, Glenn Close. computer-generated snarls in post­ “It was darker than I've seen a Disney production to make them “a bit nasty."- movie for a long time." ETX Studio