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Adding new depth
By PETER SBLENDORIO
PORTRAYING CrueUa De ViTs henchmen in a live-action Disney Adding new depth movie was a devilishly good time for actors Joel Fry and Paul Walter Hauser. Cruella stars Joel Fry and Paul Walter Hauser bring a backstory The actors provide a never- before-seen backstory for the to 101 Dalmatians henchmen Jasper and Horace. Jasper and Horace characters in Cruella, and enjoyed depicting the classic thieves from the 101 Dalmatians franchise in a new way. "I was glad they delved into the backstory of the ttiree friends/* said Hauser, who plays Horace. "In this film, the writers and Disney and (director) Craig (Gillespie), everybody wanted the characters to feel fleshed out and three-dimensional." The film stars Emma Stone as an aspiring fashion designer named Estella and depicts the character's journey toward becoming the vil lainous Cruella - who, in the origi nal story plots to kidnap black-and- white puppies to make a Dalmatian coat. Cruella follows Estella as she meets Jasper and Horace as chil dren in London. The trio continue to commit petty criines together Cruella, starring Stone, is tentatively scheduled to open in Malaysia on June 17. - Handout into adulthood as they hustle to get by. ing skills. Horace is resourceful of dipped in and out more than Hauser also starred recently in The film shows the characters, and capable of rigging vehicles and any ottier person in the film. Thafs Richard Jewell and the Spike Lee- who were first introduced to audi machines for their schemes, while a lot of work to do, and yet she was directed BlacKkKlansman. ences in the 1961 animated One Jasper is smart with a kind heart. still accessible if we had a question, The London-born Fry mean Hundred And One Dalmatians, in a "I think Jasper's function is to try a joke, we asked her for career while, portrayed Hizdahr Zo Loraq new light. and kind of keep Estella/Cruella advice, anything. She was very on HBO's Game Of Thrones before "That's because you see them as from just floating off into mad readily available to still be herself, appearing in the 2019 romantic children," said Fry; who plays ness," Fry; 36, said. and not Cruella." comedy Yesterday based on The Jasper. Both actors were impressed by Oscar-winning actress Emma Beatles' music. "No matter what they grow up Stone*s balanced performance of Thompson also stars as the Cruella, set during the 1970s, in, you can't help but be sympa an often-unhinged character. Baroness, a ruthless fashion icon repeatedly draws inspiration from humour, the fact that it doesn't just thetic to these characters. The/re “Everything she did was so lay with three pet dalmatians who the punk scene of the era, includ pander to a child audience," children, and the/ve been dealt a ered, from the hair and makeup to clashes with Cruella. ing its wardrobe and soundtrack. Hauser said. '*The tonality reaches hard kind of card. I think thafs the wardrobe to the voices," Cruella marks a reunion for The tone of the movie was a big other age groups and demograph where the sympathy comes from.', Hauser, 34, said. Hauser and Gillespie, who previ draw for Fry and Hauser. ics, and I think thafs what makes it Fry and Hauser's characters in “Emma has to also delicately jug ously worked together on the 2017 "The setting, the punk rock a Craig Gillespie film." - New York Cruella are delinquents with differ- gle drama with comedy. She Idnd Tonya Harding biopic I, Tonya. music, the sort of sharp wit in the Daily News/Tribune News Service