King stefan

Production Cel of King Stephan and King Hubert from Sleeping Beauty

With so much anticipation surrounding this week's release of Disney's newest film Maleficent, I'm so excited to be sharing interviews I did with the cast last week. If you happened to miss the first one, you can catch up by reading my Elle Fanning interview. Today's interview is all about Sharlto Copley and his role as King Stefan and Princess Aurora's father. At the start of the film, it's really easy to love Stefan and towards the middle and end of the film, it's really to hate him. He is…

From Sleeping Beauty (1959)

King Stephen and Queen Leah Walt Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” (Buena Vista, 1959)

King Stefan is the overarching protagonist in Disney's 1959 animated feature film Sleeping Beauty. He is Princess Aurora's father, whose refusal to invite Maleficent to his daughter's christening incites a 16 year-long struggle to protect the princess from a fatal curse. Animators John Lounsbery...

King Stefan & King Hubert - Sleeping Beauty, photo by #YorkInABox

King Stefan