How is Roger related to Cruella?

Most audience members will remember Roger as the down-on-his-luck songwriter responsible for the earworm song "Cruella De Vil." In the original, he's a pianist and the owner of Pongo, the father of those 15 Dalmatian puppies.
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How is Roger connected to Cruella?

Roger is the other lead character of "101 Dalmatians." In the animated film, he only knows Cruella because of Anita. Here, he's a lawyer for the Baroness' company and knows Cruella because of their mutual employer until he's fired. In the animated film, Roger is solely a prospective music writer.
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How is Cruella related to Roger and Anita?

Anita is the wife of Roger Radcliffe and the owner of Perdita. The first film establishes that she and Cruella De Vil had gone to school together as children and were apparently friends at one points.
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Who is Roger in Cruella Deville?

Kayvan Novak as Roger

Anita's future husband Roger, another character familiar from the animated classic, will also appear in Cruella. In One Hundred and One Dalmatians, he is Pongo's owner, and along with Anita, eventually adopts all 101 of the kidnapped puppies.
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Who is Cruella De Vil's father?

In that same vein, the upcoming 2021 film Cruella will bring Cruella de Vil's origin to life. Starring Emma Stone as the fur-obsessed 101 Dalmatians villain, the film will be set in early 1970s London. In a new report from TheDisInsider, Mark Strong is rumored to play Cruella's father, The Baron.
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Is Genghis pregnant Cruella?

Cruella, in short order, has established that Genghis is pregnant, and that Cruella has given away two of her puppies to people she considers friends. Roger, a former lawyer for Baroness von Hellman, and Anita, a reporter with whom Cruella was friends with in childhood, are both recipients of those puppies.
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Who killed Cruella's mom?

In the TV series Once Upon a Time, Cruella's mother appears in one episode ("Sympathy for the De Vil"). Her name is Madeline and she tries to stop Cruella from killing people (her step-fathers), but then she got killed by her own Dalmatians when Cruella obtained the power to control animals.
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Why does Cruella have Roger and Anita puppies?

Cruella ends with one of the Dalmatians that Cruella has inherited/stolen from her biological mother giving birth to a litter of puppies, two of whom Cruella gifts to Roger (Kayvan Novak) and Anita (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), respectively.
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Who is Cruella Deville's husband?

De Vil. Mr. De Vil is Cruella's husband.
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Why does Cruella give Roger a puppy?

It does set up a clear motive behind her desire to kill Dalmatians in particular (they murdered her supposed mother), but then never suggests she would ever harm the animals. Instead, she adopts them as her own and cares for them, giving two puppies as gifts.
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Is Cruella and 101 Dalmatians related?

In Disney's latest live-action reimagining, “Cruella,” a villain's origin story is once again retold. But in the end, it's actually more of a direct prequel to “101 Dalmatians” than you might've expected. In fact, “Cruella” tosses in a “101 Dalmatians” nod before we even get two and a half minutes into the film.
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Why is cruellas hair black and white?

Cruella used the new power to have her mother's dalmatians kill her, and killed them and made their fur into a coat. In a struggle to prevent the Author from writing another note about her, the vial of magic ink spills on her causing her blonde hair to turn into the iconic black and white.
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Is Anita's last name darling?

Cue her meet-cute with Roger. In 2021's Cruella, however, this whisper of a woman gets a rewrite: Kirby Howell-Baptiste's Anita Darling is born.
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Is Jasper in love with Cruella?

Do Cruella and Jasper romance? It's teased throughout the movie but Cruella and Jasper do not end up romantically linked. There are glimpses that this could be the case but neither act on this. If a sequel is greenlit though, that could well change.
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Why did Cruella become evil?

She is an eccentric, fashion-obsessed heiress who wishes to use the skins of 99 Dalmatian puppies to create a spotted fur coat. Regarded as a "witch" and "devil woman", Cruella's infatuation with furs drives her to murderous insanity.
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Is the Baroness related to Cruella?

Character information

Baroness Von Hellman is the main antagonist of the 2021 film, Cruella, portrayed by Emma Thompson. She is the biological mother of Cruella De Vil and an esteemed fashion designer operating in London.
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Why is Cruella a 12?

And according to the Cruella IMDb page, the film earned its PG-13 rating for “some violence and thematic elements.” Viewers can expect to see some violence and gore, but if you go in expecting slasher film levels of blood, you'll be disappointed.
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Are Pongo and Perdita siblings?

Cruella's revisionist history also makes Pongo and Perdita quasi-siblings, part of the same litter of puppies that one of the Baroness' Dalmatians presumably gave birth to.
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Are Horace and Jasper brothers?

Background. The Badun Brothers are a pair of crooks-for-hire. They are fairly amoral, simply wishing to make money however they can, even if they have to align themselves with shady characters to do so. They are hired to dognap Pongo and Perdita's 15 Dalmatian Puppies to be used in making Cruella's fur coat.
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Is Cruella related to Anita?

Anita is the wife of Roger Radcliffe and owner of Perdita. She is sweet, kind and smart. She is also shown to be devoted to her husband, and loving toward Perdita, Pongo, and the puppies. The first film establishes that she is was a schoolmate to Cruella de Vil, and the two apparently shared a friendship at one point.
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Why did Cruella De Vil hate Dalmatians?

In 101 Dalmatians, Cruella wanted to purchase Perdita and Pongo's Dalmatian puppies because she was a selfish heiress who viewed the puppies as a fashionable commodity to be exploited rather than as innocent living beings.
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Why is it called 101 Dalmatians if there are only 15?

Their parents, Pongo and Perdita, set out to save their puppies from Cruella, in the process of rescuing 84 additional ones that were bought in pet shops, bringing the total of Dalmatians to 101.
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How did Estella's mom get the necklace?

After this Catherine decided to drive the small family to London in order to start a new life. Catherine then gave Estella a valuable necklace that once belonged to the Baroness. After arriving at Hellman Hall, Catherine parked the car outside one the the large gala's of her former boss, the Baroness.
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Why did Cruella poke the Baroness with a needle?

The Baroness hosts another ball, where all in attendance are wearing wigs to honor Cruella. Estella grabs a pin and pokes the Baroness, distracting her long enough to grab her dog whistle. She uses it to bring the Dalmatians outside by the cliffside.
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How old is Estella in Cruella?

The film's main character, Estella, is a creative and clever young girl around 12 years old, who plans to one day make a name for herself as a fashion designer. After her mother's death and running from orphanages, she is forced to come up with crafty ways to survive.
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