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"Cruella"

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  They say evil isn't born, it's made. Well, what one's definition of evil is can have an entirely different meaning when you get to the root of it. Much like Disney gave us the privilege of seeing Maleficent's side of the story with Angelina Jolie's two films, we are given a chance to see story from another "Disney Villain" and how she made the scene...and making it awfully fabulous. Giving her story from her early days, Cruella (Emma Stone) tells of her life as Estella (portrayed mostly by Tipper Selfert-Cleveland ) and how from a young age she stood out from her hair, her sense of style and how she tried to embrace the world with the world not always embracing her.  Following a series of tragic events, Estella finds herself in orphaned and alone in London until she encounters young thieves Jasper and Horace (Ziggy Gardner and Joseph MacDonald) and begins her life of thievery.  As young adults, Estella, Jasper, (Joel Fry) and Horace (Paul Walter Hauser)