History Trivia / Maleficent

** Aurora is [[{{Super 8}} Alice Dainard]].

*** Stefan straight up murdering King Henry instead of merely waiting for him to die;

** Knotgrass is [[Film/HarryPotter Dolores Umbridge]].

** It also included an actual Queen of the Fairies, Ulla, Maleficent's aunt, who cursed her with her horns to mark that she was a nuisance (her big wings were often disruptive), and Maleficent's father was also a minor character. Miranda Richardson and Peter Capaldi were cast as these characters, respectively. These scenes were filmed but they were sadly cut

** It also included an actual Queen of the Fairies, Ulla, Maleficent's aunt, who cursed her with her horns to mark that she was a nuisance (her big wings were often disruptive), and Maleficent's father was also a minor character. Miranda Richardson and Peter Capaldi were cast as these characters, respectively.

* DubNameChange: Averted in the Russian dub: Diaval's name is still Diaval (Russian for "devil"), but the farmer yells that he must be a devil as he runs away, [[FridgeBrilliance implying that his name]] is more a LineOfSightName than his real one.

* HeyItsThatVoice: In the Japanese dub:
** [[Creator/RikaFukami Maleficient]] is [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Venus]].
** Aurora is voiced by the singer Aya Ueto (better know by Western audiences as ''Film/{{Azumi}}'') and Thistletwit by the impressionist Ayano Fukuda
** [[Creator/MasakiTerasoma King Stefan]] is [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hidan]] and [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Jubei]].
** [[Creator/ShinnosukeTachibana Prince Phillip]] is [[Anime/GundamBuildFighters Nils Nielsen]].

** Basically, the movie would have been good, to shave off a few hundred words here or there.

* TheOtherMarty: India Eisley (Eve from the {{Underworld}} series) was originally cast as Young Maleficent, but she was replaced with Ella Purnell after Disney executives expressed displeasure with her performance.

* TheOtherMarty: India Eisley (Eve from the Film/Underworld series) was originally cast as Young Maleficent, but she was replaced with Ella Purnell after Disney executives expressed displeasure with her performance.

* TheOtherMarty: India Eisley was originally cast as Young Maleficent, but she was replaced with Ella Purnell after Disney executives expressed displeasure with her performance.

* ActorAllusion:
** AngelinaJolie as someone who controls a [[{{Film/Beowulf}} dragon]].
** Imelda Staunton wears a pink dress and is kind of a jerk, just like [[Film/HarryPotter Dolores Umbridge]].
** Sharlto Copley [[DistrictNine once]] [[Film/{{Elysium}} again]] dons a suit of buffed up armor during the climax. He also sports a BeardOfEvil and is pretty AxCrazy, much like his character in the latter.

* RealLifeRelative: The girl who plays the young Aurora is played by Jolie's daughter. This had to be invoked since she was the only child that didn't get scared when they see Angelina in costume.

** [[Creator/MasakiTerasoma King Stefan]] is [[Manga/Naruto Hidan]] and [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Jubei]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: In the Japanese dub, Aurora is voiced by the singer Aya Ueto (better know by Western audiences as ''Film/{{Azumi}}'') and Thistletwit by the impressionist Ayano Fukuda

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original script had King Stefan as a much darker character, being the half-fairy bastard son of the King rather than just a farmboy, who never actually loved Maleficent at all, and who murders his father to take the throne rather win it from the already-dying King as in the finished film.

** It also included an actual Queen of the Fairies, Ulla, Maleficent's aunt, who cursed her with her horns to mark that she was a nuisance (her big wings were often disruptive), and Maleficent's father was also a minor character. Miranda Richardson and Peter Capaldi were cast as these characters, respectfully.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original script had King Stefan as a much darker character, being the half-fairy bastard son of the King rather than just a farmboy, who never actually loved Maleficent at all (much like [[spoiler:[[Disney/{{Frozen}} Hans]]]]), and who murders his father to take the throne rather win it from the already-dying King as in the finished film.