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Here’s What These Animated Disney Characters Looked Like In The Original Vs. The Live-Action Remake
Here's What These Animated Disney Characters Looked Like In The Original Vs. The Live-Action Remake,Some of these castings were seriously spot on.

Here’s What These Animated Disney Characters Looked Like In The Original Vs. The Live-Action Remake

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):

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2. Here’s the animated version of Cinderella in the original from 1950:

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3. And Lily James as Cinderella in the 2015 remake:

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Along with Brandy’s version of Cinderella featured in the 1997 TV adaptation:

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4. Here’s Peter Pan in the 1953 original film release:

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And Jeremy Sumpter in Peter Pan (2003):

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5. Here’s Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937):

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And here’s Lily Collins as Snow White in Mirror Mirror (2012):

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Kristen Stewart also played the character in 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman:

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6. Here’s Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (1991):

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And Luke Evans as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (2017):

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7. Here’s Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians (1961):

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And Emma Stone as the iconic Disney villain in Cruella (2021):

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Glenn Close also took a stab at playing Cruella in 1996’s 101 Dalmatians:

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8. Here’s the animated version of Aladdin in 1992:

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And Mena Massoud as Aladdin in 2019:

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9. Here’s the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937):

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And Charlize Theron as a modernized version of the Queen in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012):

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10. Here’s Fairy Godmother working her magic in Cinderella (1950):

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And Helena Bonham Carter as Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (2015):

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11. Here’s LeFou in Beauty and the Beast (1991):

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And Josh Gad as Gaston’s sidekick in Beauty and the Beast (2017):

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12. Here are the the evil stepsisters Anastasia and Drizella in Cinderella (1950):

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And Holliday Grainger as Anastasia and Sophie McShera as Drizella in Cinderella (2015):

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13. Here’s Genie with Aladdin and Abu in the 1992 debut of the movie:

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And Will Smith as Genie in Aladdin (2019):

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14. Here’s Lady Tremaine, aka Cinderella’s wicked stepmother, in the 1950 animated release:

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And Cate Blanchett as Lady Tremaine in Cinderella (2015):

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15. Here’s Wendy Darling alongside her brothers John and Michael in Peter Pan (1953):

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And Rachel Hurd-Wood as Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (2003):

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16. Here’s Princess Jasmine in Aladdin (1992):

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And Naomi Scott as the live-action Jasmine in Aladdin (2019):

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17. Here’s the animated version of Mulan in 1998:

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And Liu Yifei as Mulan in the 2020 rendition:

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18. Here’s the swashbuckling pirate Captain Hook in the 1953 version of Peter Pan:

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And Jason Isaacs as Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003):

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Not to mention, there’s also Dustin Hoffman’s early ’90s version in Hook:

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19. Here’s Aurora when she pricked her finger on the spinning wheel in Sleeping Beauty (1959):

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And Elle Fanning as Aurora in Maleficent (2014):

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20. Here’s the animated version of Jafar pictured with Aladdin and Iago in 1992:

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And Marwan Kenzari as Jafar in Aladdin (2019):

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21. Here’s Ariel in 1989’s The Little Mermaid:

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And Halle Bailey as Ariel in The Little Mermaid (2023):

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22. Here’s Mowgli in The Jungle Book (1967):

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And Neel Sethi as Mowgli in The Jungle Book (2016):

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Along with Rohan Chand’s version in Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018):

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23. Here’s Geppetto in Pinocchio (1940):

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And Tom Hanks as Geppetto in Pinocchio (2022):

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24. Here’s Alice in Alice in Wonderland (1951):

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And Mia Wasikowski as Alice in Alice in Wonderland (2010):

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25. Finally, here’s one of Maleficent’s most iconic scenes in Sleeping Beauty (1959):

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And Angelina Jolie as Maleficent in 2014:

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Who’s your favorite Disney character of all time? Share yours in the comments!