Cruella De Vil

"Some people struggle not to be drawn in to the darkness. But ever since I was a little girl, I've said... "Why not splash in and have fun?""

- Cruella to Isaac

Cruella De Vil, also known as Cruella Feinberg, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. She débuts in the eleventh episode of the fourth season. She is portrayed by guest star Victoria Smurfit and co-star Milli Wilkinson.

Cruella De Vil is based on the character of the same name from the novel, The Hundred and One Dalmatians, and the Disney film, One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Trivia
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Production Notes

 * The casting call name for her was "Sasha".
 * The Once Upon a Time version of Cruella De Vil is inspired by Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.
 * Interestingly, in "Sympathy for the De Vil", Isaac can be seen reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.


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Disney

 * The green smoke that comes out of Cruella's mouth when she uses persuasion magic is designed to reflect Cruella's green cigarette smoke in Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
 * The song that Cruella hears on the radio is a jazz instrumental version of "Cruella De Vil", from Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
 * Cruella's purse in the Underworld is the same as in the Disney movie One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Lost

 * Cruella, Mr. Gold and Ursula go to a Mr. Cluck's Chicken Shack restaurant, a famous fast food franchise on Lost.

Popular Culture

 * After she captures Henry and has him tied up, Cruella plays Angry Birds on his phone.


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Props Notes

 * Her car is a modified Zimmer Golden Spirit from the 1980s.
 * Cruella's phone case has dalmatian spot patterns.

Set Dressing

 * The room where Cruella is locked up in 1920s England is filled with her mother's dog statuettes and dog show trophies.
 * A dictionary from University of Oxford in 1920s England is lying on a table in adult Cruella's room in her homeworld.
 * When Pongo leads Henry into Cruella's trap, the peeled-off paint on the container in the alley forms a star pattern around a vertical silhouette of a running dog.
 * The room where Henry and Cruella meet again is decorated with a white greyhound statue and dalmatian-like spotted cushions and curtains.

Costume Notes

 * The dress Cruella is wearing at the jazz club is from the 2011 movie The Artist.
 * One of the necklaces worn by Cruella after her death is the Underworld version of the necklace that Isaac gave her in "Sympathy for the De Vil".

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.