Maleficent has certainly become an icon due to her major role as an antagonist ... Ernesto is one of the most charismatic villains Disney has produced, debuting in the movie Coco.

Disney's villains committed horrifying acts ... while Cruella transformed the possessive puppy pelt-hunter into a rogue fashion icon and victim. Even Disney+'s Peter Pan & Wendy suggested that ...

The live-action "101 Dalmatians" prequel rewinds the clock back to when Cruella (then Estella) was born to show viewers how she wound up as the puppy-skinning fashion icon of the Disney universe.