How I hope Disney handles the new Cruella movie

I have to bring up Maleficent in this comparison, since this isn’t the first time Disney has made a origin live action villain story. My issue with both Maleficent movies, is that they really didn’t play up her villainy all too much, but instead went a different route by giving her a humanizing backstory that made the viewers want to side with her. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but in my personal opinion, I just felt that if you’re going to take an iconic villain, keep them as a villain. Don’t try to make them a good guy just so that we can connect to them or root for them. I did like that they gave us the characters motivation, but then they went and switched things up to paint her as the hero which is where those movies failed for me.

With this new movie Cruella, you’re taking a despicable villain, one who literally wants to skin dogs just to make a coat. Please don’t make her a good guy. She is mad, keep her that way. I mean what else can you expect from a character who’s actual name is Cruel Devil? I want to see this character go into a dark descent, and if Disney plays their cards right, they may have a brilliant mature film on another one of their most evil and iconic villains of all time. I’m very much looking forward to seeing this when it comes out, and if this turns out well, I hope it opens the door for more interesting origin villain films like this one. It seems Disney has finally realized that the audience isn’t only interested in their heroes, but their villains as well, and they have a lot of interesting and iconic ones.