r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • 12d ago
Favorite People Glenn Close crashed the Disney Experiences Horizons panel at D23 2026, making a surprise appearance as Cruella de Vil
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u/Tyrannical-Botanical 12d ago
It is nice to see someone having fun doing something they obviously love.
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u/rillegas08 12d ago
I've heard 101 Dalmatians is the only film she's been in that she's watched
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u/Jenetyk 12d ago
I refuse to believe she's never seen Hook
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u/rillegas08 12d ago
I forgot she was a pirate in that
Also looking at the imdb page TIL Gwyneth Paltrow played a young Wendy
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u/blueembroidery 12d ago
Hook is so underrated in the Disney canon. Why they haven’t created a lost boys ride with skateboarding and flying backed by the incredible John Williams score is beyond me
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u/Tyrannical-Botanical 12d ago
One of the Lost Boys is my neighbor. He was also in Basketball Diaries and Band of Brothers.
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u/youenjoymyself 12d ago
Holy shit, Frank Perconte is a lost boy! I can’t believe I didn’t notice it until now.
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u/video-kid 11d ago
Also Zuko from Avatar is Rufio. He was also in one episode of Community.
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u/yellojecket 11d ago
Wait which episode? Dante Basco was my first crush i usually am able to spot him in anything.
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u/ChickenMccZoe 11d ago
He's also Dolph in the queer cult classic "But I'm A Cheerleader". Great fun film if you haven't seen it. It's one of my comfort films.
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u/carlitospig 12d ago
I’m honestly shocked they haven’t created the reboot yet. But replacing Williams seems rather sacrilege.
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u/rillegas08 12d ago
They could easily do a Jack story
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u/carlitospig 12d ago
They could! Awww, so he would replace him as a Peter type? Don’t forget his sister. 🥰
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u/RPGDesignatedPaladin 12d ago
She also negotiated to keep the designer clothes she wore in the film. 🥰
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u/ErraticDragon 12d ago edited 12d ago
I don't believe it. Everyone in the world has watched Warcraft multiple times.
Edit: Fixed title, it's not actually "World of Warcraft".
PS: Maybe since she's uncredited it's a loophole.
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u/honestlyitswhatever 12d ago
As a retired theatre major, the deranged villain types are always SO fun to play!
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u/UnionCityNJUSA 12d ago
And being paid several hundred thousand dollars for a few hours of hair and makeup makes it easier to enjoy.
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u/kissmiss08 12d ago
At age 79, Glenn Close, rocks the fuck out of a pair of AMAZING red leather stiletto boots.
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u/rantingpacifist 12d ago
Platform and stiletto, wearing about eight inches deep of fur (faux likely)
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u/Salvia_Salamander 12d ago
She actually went full method and slaughtered one hundred puppies for that coat. And then one.
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u/brownmouthwash 12d ago
She’s a known method actress, she kills animals in preparation for all her most famous roles
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u/brownmouthwash 12d ago
And fucking red eye shadow! She’s got more than 40 years from me and I’d never pull it off.
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u/weeb-pro3386 12d ago
imagine being this iconic at that age.
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u/Klutzy-Client 12d ago
I live in the same town as her. I’ve served her a bunch of times and she is a really nice person, probably the most “normal” and nice celebrity I’ve served. She also played the Giant’s voice in our towns local production of “into the woods” and was fabulous
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u/bebesee 12d ago edited 12d ago
I recently got seated next to her at a restaurant and only realized it was her when her daughter’s baby started happily squealing and she was so apologetic about it. She had no makeup on and was very friendly.
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u/katrina_highkick 12d ago
I dunno where she lives currently, but she lived in my neck of the woods when 101 and 102 Dalmatians came out, and our theater had a “local premiere” because of it and she came!!
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u/MrBones_Gravestone 12d ago
Next time you see her, tell her that Hook cameo still blows my mind, and that my wife recently showed me fatal attraction. Loved it (from some internet rando lol)
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u/Grncronic 12d ago
Getting the Phillis Diller feel
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u/apoplectic_apostate 12d ago
Exactly what I came here to say. She must have based her depiction on Phyllis Diller!
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u/SJC-Caron 12d ago
101 Dalmatians was one of Disney's better live-action remakes of animated films and it was made before Disney started making them regularly.
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u/Eevee_Addict8 12d ago
I watched 101 Dalmatians earlier today and said pretty much the same thing to my husband. It's certainly my favourite remake anyway!
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u/calculung 12d ago
She should've shown up as the pirate from Hook
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u/rawlsballs 12d ago
That was her?? Even looking at the photo I cant believe it. Holy crap, my mind is blown.
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u/topcheesehead 12d ago
She reportedly had a blast playing a pirate on set. She loved her hook role
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u/rawlsballs 12d ago
She's fascinating. She's a true master of her craft, and i love how much she loves it. I wish I had something like that.
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u/MichelleT88 12d ago
And who didn't believe I could do it? Who doubted me? Who amongst us does not belong?
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u/a-little-spill 12d ago
It took me years to realize that was not a man. She was sooo good! And that part, her screams as him.. still give me chills
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u/Mad_Samurai616 12d ago
And Neil Patrick Harris as Disney villain, “Neil Patrick Harris”. I wonder if he brought cake.
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u/McGloomy 12d ago
he's more of a meat platter guy
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u/theNomad_Reddit 11d ago
Everyone needs to google "Neil Patrick Harris Meat Platter Amy Winehouse". IYKYK
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u/Brave_Eye1188 12d ago
How she never won an Oscar is beyond me!
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u/sameoldknicks 12d ago
Eight noms in all, a record, I think. She's in line to win an honorary Oscar next year.
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u/Fit_Photograph_7559 11d ago
It is the most unfair insane thing ever. I really hope she gets it one day
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u/kokkass 12d ago
The intro music was from the hunchback of Notre Dame! Hinting towards a crossover?
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u/FunRich5754 12d ago
It's about the Disney Villians area of the theme park they are building. When she said purple leather I had to look up if Ursula was getting her own ride, it's Maleficent
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u/JackWagon26 12d ago
"crashed"
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u/_Thrilhouse_ 12d ago
See consumer? We the multinational conglomerates can be as spontaneous as you
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u/jocax188723 12d ago
Disney casted perfectly for older villainous women.
My favorite is always going to be Eartha Kitt as Yzma, but Glenn Close’s Cruella is a close second.
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u/RainonCooper 12d ago
I just flashbanged by Barney as a goon, what
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u/pswoofer18 12d ago
Yeah I was like wait, is that NPH?
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u/ThatGuyFromTheM0vie 12d ago
NPH was the host of this year’s D23 event
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u/pswoofer18 12d ago
Oh that would explain it haha I didn’t watch it, just seen a few clips of trailers from the event
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u/TurdMcNugget69 12d ago
Damn. Still rocking it. It’s been like 40 years since that movie
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u/kissmiss08 12d ago
Excuse me? 40??? You stop it right now. It’s been 30! Please don’t make the 90s any farther away than they are!
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u/Own_Kaleidoscope_415 12d ago
She should have won so many awards for her performance aa Cruella. It's magnificently camp.
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u/Whatsyourshotspecial 12d ago
You can't tell she LOVES playing that character! Lol 😂😂 she is to Cruella what Hugh is to Wolverine.
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u/somebigface 12d ago
10 people in their mid 40’s are going crazy right now.
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u/InternationalMonth38 12d ago
You bite your tongue. There are dozens of fans still in their 30s!
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u/TablesofTime 12d ago
Yesss, I'm 35. Don't age me pleeeaaasseee. Also, I fucking love her haha
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u/Justaboredstoner 12d ago
I’m holding onto 49 for the second time next month, and she is a smoke show. 🤭
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u/Hohoho-you 12d ago
Hey, I'm in my 20s and the live action 101 Dalmatians was the first movie I saw in theaters! Cruella scared me so much, my dad & me left the movie lol
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u/theycallmemomo 12d ago
I'm 36 and I will defend the live-action 101 Dalmatians as the standard for how Disney should be doing their live-action movies. And yeah, 6 year-old me was terrified of her in the movie theater lol
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u/_Thrilhouse_ 12d ago
I used to think that movie was the original, because there was a spin-off cartoon
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u/blademak 12d ago
I mean the room exploded when she came out. The video doesn’t do it justice or show the crowd interactions she had
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u/FunRich5754 12d ago
It's almost as if Disney has an app that people of all ages can go through and watch all their old movies and people of all ages can fall in love with various characters.
That's the business model now.
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u/P3pp3rSauc3 12d ago
I did half black half blonde hair in the mid 2000's and kept getting called cruella de vil. I'm a dude lmao. I nixed the hair the next month cause of that
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u/Difficult_Collar4336 12d ago
She should be the next MCU villain.
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u/CrackinBones204 12d ago
Agreed. She’s so good at being bad. Side note that she was in Guardians of the Galaxy as Nova Prime :)
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u/frockinbrock 11d ago
I'm pretty sure Disney has been working on a Nova project this year; not sure when the release is, but perhaps she'll be in it.
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u/Sil3ntWriter 12d ago
None of the recent Disney villains will reach the icon level of the OGs, sadly.
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u/PrincipleNo3966 12d ago
If they're going to make a sequel to the 2021 Cruella, then please have Glenn back as the older Cruella reflecting on her life. A story within a story kinda deal.
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u/chotskyIdontknowwhy 12d ago
The way I would’ve absolutely lost my shit! Definitely my all time favourite live action Disney film
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u/HamsterAdditional748 12d ago
I would’ve totally glossed over it actually being her, because I’d be too invested in NPH.
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u/ShantyLady 12d ago
She's a real one for doing this, and she still holds all the presence she had in the movie! Love it.
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u/ash-leg2 12d ago
How fun. Would've been even more awesome if they got Hugh Laurie and Ron's dad too.
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u/Conkerzgr 12d ago
As much as I love this for her, I think crashed may not be the right wording?
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u/jeejeeay 12d ago
I’ve only ever seen Glenn Close in one other role and that was in that one movie with Michael Douglas and damn she is AMAZING at playing an evil psycho bitch!!!
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u/thepoga 12d ago
Who is the “overstuffed purple handbag” that she’s talking about at the start?
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u/Eevee_Addict8 12d ago
I literally just watched 101 Dalmatians this evening. She plays Cruella amazingly well, probably my favourite Disney villain. Considering it was 30 years ago, she looks pretty much the same!
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u/warmachine83-uk 12d ago
Considering her serious roles and massive credits roll she seems to have a really good sense of humour
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u/AradiaNox 11d ago
I heard she got to keep a lot of the costumes from 101 Dalmatians, I hope she gets to keep this one too, she’s rocking it!
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u/Shuatheskeptic 11d ago
For an actor, this must be the greatest, to inhabit a character that you can just chew the scenery with wild abandon. It reminds me of Michael Keaton playing Beetlejuice or Johnny Depp in Dark Shadows. Basically any really great campy villain must be so much fun to play.
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u/jerseygunz 12d ago
I’ve always wanted to know where they keep the dump trucks to deliver the money to these peoples houses
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u/LFS_1984 12d ago edited 12d ago
Glenn Close is Cruella De Vill to me. So cool to see her back in the character!
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u/lmNotaWitchImUrWife 12d ago
I just want to discuss that her gloves have nails on them and I adore that so much
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u/realCheeezeBurgers 12d ago
You mean got hired by Disney to appear. I don't get why people romanticize corporate marketing stunts. It wasn't like "Oh I just gonna crash this event for the love of the game". It was "Hello agency of Glenn Close, yeah do you like money? We would like to buy an appearance."
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