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More than 60 years after cursing Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent is finally getting a chance to tell her side of the story._ by [Harry Swartout](https://time.com/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout May 27, 2014 7:00 PM UTC by [Harry Swartout](https://time.com/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout May 27, 2014 7:00 PM UTC More wicked than the wicked stepmother in _Cinderella_, more evil than the evil queen in _Snow White_ _and the Seven Dwarfs_, _Sleeping Beauty’s_ Maleficent embodies pure darkness, sending shivers down the spines of children and adults alike. More than 60 years after the release of _Sleeping Beauty_, Disney is finally giving the queen of mean a chance to tell her side of the story in her own feature-length live action film. Angelina Jolie stars as the titular villain as she goes from a protector of the forest to hateful harridan, cursing princess Aurora (Elle Fanning) to eternal sleep. Here, the cast and crew of _Maleficent_ give a little background into their characters and the movie’s twist on an old story. ## Transcript There's a darkness to Maleficent, there was a darkness to me in that age. And we've all been hurt in our lives. We've all, somebody's betrayed us. And it has brought us, it has put, makes us put our wall up, and it makes us furious. And it changes who we are. And then it's, the choices we make. And then what we have to live with, when we make those choices. I want you to gather your men, hunt Malificent down, and then I want you to kill her. Yes, your majesty. What, what we will now discover about her, is that she was actually somebody who was quite fierce and loyal, and and a fighter for what she believed in. When she get's wounded, she loses that, and does that absolute. Most unjust horrible thing, and to curse an innocent person. Yeah, when you asked me like what do you wanna be when you grow up when I was little, I would say a Disney princess, especially sleeping beauty. I need to talk to you about something. She is probably the most good hearted. I mean, when you watch the original, she's pretty much. All happy and always loving. She's very curious. But it was nice to in our movie, to have, more of a depth to her. We really made her, you know, show more emotions and, actually be sad and, you know, feel betrayal and all these things. So, it was fun to discover that. But then also keep the, the stuff that I love so much. And action. No, no. [ CROSSTALK ]. It was fun to, to do a film where you can, relate to the same problems in many ways, that the characters are having, but set in a fantastic world that you're able to, sort of immerse yourself in. And, and You know, step out of your own life for two hours, and then explore a world, not only visually, but emotionally. It's something special about that. 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