Hercules | Voice Cast | Live vs Animation | Side By Side Comparison
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2022
- Cast:
Charlton Heston as Narrator
Roz Ryan as Thalia
Cheryl Freeman as Melpomene
Vaneese Y. Thomas as Clio
Lillias White as Calliope
LaChanze as Terpsichore
Roger Bart as Hercules (singing)
Jame Woods as Hades
Bobcat Goldthwait as Pain
Matt Frewer as Panic
Tate Donovan as Hercules (speaking)
Danny DeVito as Phil
Susan Egan as Megara
Okay, so I'm getting a lot of comments asking about these two things, so I'd figure I'll just say it here. One. Yes. That is Renee Elise Goldsberry at 6:49. Satisfied? And Two. Susan Egan's performance of I Won't Say I'm in Love is from the premiere of the film. Link Here: ua-cam.com/video/LNROE-H-m30/v-deo.html
Came here for the Renee Elise Goldsberry confirmation only haha
Saw what you did there with the "Satisfied?" part haha
The 'I Wont Say Im in Love" begins at 37:18 for those wanting the perfomance!
@@barbarad3079 😊
Yup
James Woods absolutely slayed it as Hades. His performance totally stole every scene Hades was in.
So true!!!
In a nutshell why Hades is my favorite Disney villain
Glad they used him in the animated series too. If he were younger I’d love to see him in hades in once upon a time.
@@austinperry1671 I think read somewhere that James Woods said he would come back to play this Hades at any time. Movie, show, video game, he is the only voice for Hades
Iconic 😌!
Meg's song is CRIMINALLY underrated as being amongst the best Disney songs from the late 80s & 90s. It's a top 5 for me.
it's my fave disney song along with I see the light, almost there and once upon a dream
also my top 5 disney songs i must say
Agreed I have it on my show tunes playlist lol
Tbh the whole movie was criminally underrated. Had a lot of fun moving parts, fun actors that worked on this to even people loving the villain.
On my top five along with part of your world, a whole new world, hellfire
The Muses, Meg and Hades are the best Disney characters in my opinion. They have so much personality!
Totally agree
Right
So true!!!
And Phil he even look like the voice actor
@@allydean-ikon6086 Danny Devito, yes, I think they used him as the model. He's great.
Whoever came up with the idea of making the muses Gospel singers to tell the story of Greek mythology deserved a raise because it worked unexpectedly well.
Like designing Aladdin as Tom Cruise in M. C. Hammers clothes...it shouldn't work but it does.
Exactly what I thought. SO CLEVER AND FUNNY! I do miss those Disney days.
That would be John Musker.
When John Musker told Alan Menken he was surprised but totally game
Yeah this was how most stories were told in Ancient Greek so I’m so happy they included that
@@xynthar4432 LOL
It is such a golden move to combine gospel to a story of ancient gods and myths. The musical input in these Disney movies is what turned them into classics.
Not only that its kind of genius
Women played a major role in Greek Myth and Religion as Holy Women, the Muses themselves are representations of the Arts,
While Gospel music seems odd in this context, Greece was actually a Hot bed for Early Christianity along with Anatolia, Anatolia had a very huge impact on the development of Christianity to the point most of Modern Christianity trace their origin to Nicean Christianity a denomination in Anatolia, Greece later developed then spread Orthadox Christianity, most notably into Eastern Europe, as the Byzantine Empire, the Eastern Romans.
P.S The Bible was also 1st translated into Greek.
I could see that in a Pelleponesian minute
Well the gospels are mythology so it’s the same essentially.
@@ToutCQJM they specifically meant black gospel church music
The Muses are absolutely everything. Calliope’s VA has such a prescence! I can see why they picked her for the lead muse.
Lillias White, a legend.
Lillias White.
She’s on Broadway now playing Hermes in the best show on Broadway- Hadestown! See her if you can!
I'm literally obsessed with her voice. It's so complex
Her performance of "Don't Rain On My Parade" is one of the best performances of ANY Broadway hit EVER, I'd argue. It's special on so many levels especially if you know the context of the role. I encourage you all to look it up, it's here on yt, I play it all the time
Meg's voice actress is just as beautiful as the character she voices. Meg is the most mature and relatable of the Disney princess pantheon, and she'll remain my favorite because of this.
Love her voice too!
She's also Lin in the English dub of Spirited Away
She is not even in the final line up😢
Susan Egan should do more acting like Jennifer Aniston.
Also the voice of Ross Quartz in Steven Universe :3
I wish the first clip was a bit longer. I want to see Charlton Heston say "You go, girls."
He actually only recorded it that way once, the rest of the time he said "Go ahead young lady" because he felt "You go, girls" wasn't proper. But eventually they managed to talk him into "You go girl" and that was the take they used in the movie.
@@Thomas_H._Smith wow, I had no idea! Thank you for the background!
I love Charlton Heston! I cannot believe I didn't know he was in this till today! What a great voice though; of course he was the choice for opening the serious majestic narration before turning it over to the muses.
Robin Williams and James Woods performances as Genie and Hades are two of my favorite performances of all time. Absolute GEMS of characters.
Funny you should mention both characters as the swedish dub of Aladdin and Hercules have the same guy voicing both Genie and Hades, actor and comedian Dan Ekborg. Also in both films, actress Myra Malmberg voices the female lead, Jasmine and Meg respectively (she did Wendy in Peter Pan and later did Andy's mom in Toy Story 3, Ariel in The Little Mermaid 2 and 3 and in an episode of Sophia the First and Osono in Kiki's Delivery Service).
Natural talents in another level
Don't forget Jeremy Iron as Scar
Man, I agree!!!!
I also like Gaston
Every part of Danny is brilliantly put into the character of Philoctetes.
So true
I read this as every part of Frank
I was today years old when I realized the narrator for Hercules was THE Charlton Heston!
Charlton Heston movies are no longer in demand 🎶 🙌🏽 lol
omg same. wow
@@100samanthamarie lol so true
@@100samanthamarie of course they are. He’s one of the most famous actors to have ever existed. He’ll be famous forever 😊
@@100samanthamarie
Very classy.
I would have died to see all the ladies singing live!
Me too!!! 😭
Me three!❤
Had the pleasure to work with Lillias White on an off broadway show for a few months...she was absolutely killer, the sweetest and most professional person, with one of the GREATEST voices imaginable.
Yeah but once I hear james woods voice, it distracts me from fully getting into a movie because all I imagine is his face lol
I love how much the animators put the voice actor into the animations. Meg and her swinging hips, Herc and his innocent nervous energy, Danny Devito’s Danny Devito. It’s almost like motion capture in a way.
Like, I look at Elsa, and I see none of Indina Menzel. I’m not talking about because of hair color, but facial expressions and body language. That’s part of acting. And it affects how your voice sounds.
I feel like Elsa and Idina move their mouths the same way but that's about it
Well Elsa as well as most of the characters in frozen are pretty one dimensional as far as personality goes. I mean the king and queen were pretty awful to lock away and isolate Elsa, and she remains pretty emotionally unscathed, albeit a bit reserved. But they really didn't get the torment of someone locked away and isolated for 15ish years. For what she was put through she was relatively okay. But I'm just saying they could've gone way deeper with the story and their personalities.
Great point!
James Woods is always on spot in his acting roles, especially as Hades with only his voice.
I know right?!!’
If only he wasn't a complete jerk. :/
@@jade_ottsel Aw, did fwee speech huwt your feewings?
@@jade_ottsel Found the liberal
@@jade_ottsel context?
Roger Bart is incredible, not only did he provide the singing voice for a Disney hero, but he’s also on the West End as an original actor in a new musical ❤️
GREAT SCOTT!
I did not know he did the singing voice! This is probably an insult to his fans, but I only knew him for the small part he played in How I Met Your Mother. New found respect for him when I think of that looooong high note at the end of the Go The Distance reprise
He also did The Producers
For a true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength
but by the strength of his heart
@@riverdalednn you beat me to the punch, lol
But he didn’t beat you to punch line did he? 😂
Honestly, a lot of people are talking about the muses, and Meg, and hades, and that's valid because they all did amazing, but I feel like hercules is severely underrated. His voice sounds young, but not in an anoying grating way. He just sounds great!
I’ve always been impressed with the muses. Love to see the actresses sing if there are a group
@Haile Guilherme do Nascimento yeah so so very
awesome indeed😊
@haileguilhermedonascimento2111 let's not make it a race thing, but yea they are.
The Muses are the absolute best vocals in the entire movie.
ABSOLUTELY...gives me goosebumps
The Hercules soundtrack is on another level. Those ladies - just WOW!
If they decide to do a Live Action they NEED TO KEEP ALL SONGS. Divito needs to reprise Phil.
and woods as hadies
@@candycover Too bad Woods has been black listed in Hollywood for being a conservative-
He's the toll troll
@@RampageRich I don't remember him being blacklisted and the word you're looking for is regressive.
I’d rather Disney tried to create original ideas than milking the PC cash cow for remakes
Hercules should stay as animation not live action because they cannot replace the magic, the beauty, the music from the animation. The voice actor, the emotion everything
This is such a great example of an ensemble cast. Cuz yeah, the leads are amazing, but the supporting characters are an absolute joy.
I've always loved the voices behind the Muses, especially when they were singing
I not only miss these 2d animations, I miss when Disney didn’t treat their audience like stupid kids. Kids back then didn’t need bright colors, exaggerated facial expressions and corny storylines… movies back then arguably had “adult” themes like romance, life and death, responsibilities piling up as you grew older etc. those are themes kids should see,
And they were (and are still) actually fun to watch for adults.
@@TheRisingIcarus but that 2d hits different
I think the last Disney movie I saw was Moana, but I still thought it was fabulous. Tangled is about abuse, gaslighting (real gaslighting, not what the internet says it is), and realizing that you can't judge people based on their appearance. Princess and the Frog delicately addresses the racism and sexism of the 1920s, and is about how even though hard work is important, you shouldn't sacrifice the people you love for working your whole life away. Pretty relevant to some adults!
Yeah, but the plot and the type of animation are not related. Wall-E is a 3d animated movie and it's great, among many others.
When people starting getting older they start getting too attached to the past. New don't necessarily means bad.
@@CesarRavenclaw that’s your opinion lol
James Woods was the best actor ever to be cast as Hades. He made Hades funny and loveae at the same time. He's still my favourite character.
The first thing I saw Roger Bart in was the movie adaptation of The Producers. It literally blew my mind when I found out he's the voice behind I Can Go the Distance!
That was the first thing I technically saw him in as well!
Same!
Same! I was so shocked and happy 😊
Same!
Right ? And crazy how he killed Rex too 😂😂
Hercules is UNDEFEATED. The story, the songs, the casting, just a beautiful Disney masterpiece ❤️.
This and Mulan were the last of the golden years of Disney animated movies. Even Tarzan couldn’t capture this level of perfection.
I personally love the Tarzan soundtrack. Phil Collins did such a great job.
@@justrowlewithit4447 Of course.
Ironically the problem with Tarzan compared to these is that in Tarzan the characters don't sing. The song I want to know should have been sung by the character
@@candycover Agreed. There always felt like a slight barrier between the audience and the characters. Phil Collins did a great job, but we needed a song or two sung by the characters.
@@rachelhall8151 Yea the song I want to know should have been sung by Tarzan and You'll be in my heart should have been sang by Kala
Every single person they cast for this movie knew the assignment and delivered!
What an amazing cast. I completely forgot Charlton Heston did the narration. What a legend
I never knew! Always saw the latino version...
Same! My mom totally said it when I was watching as a kid but seeing him voicing it was like “oh, Charleston Heston!”
I flipped out when I saw Lillias White as the lead Muse because I recognize her from her current role as Hermes in Hadestown. I never knew she brought us one Greek myth so long before another
Danny DeVito is a national treasure
Okay, am I the only one who LOVES Adult Herc's voice? Tate Donavan NAILED it. Whenever I watch that movie, I'm ALWAYS surprised that Hercules sounds SO CALM unless he's mad or in battle. Heck, Tate Donovan even NAILED it as the voice of Hercules in the HILARIOUS animated show, and also the video games. I REALLY wish adult Hercules did a musical number, or that the love song in the film, "I Won't Say I'm In Love" was done the same way the love songs in "Lion King 1 and 2" were done. On top of all that, I LOVE how they had Danny Devito voicing Phil. Not only did he NAIL it as Phil, but Danny's HILARIOUS, as was his character, even though Phil starts off in the movie as kind of a jerk. There's one thing I'm wondering, though: Who did the voices of Pegasus and the Titans? That's never been revealed.
Holy crap the Muses were absolutely incredible they made my childhood :D
Go the distance sometimes gets me through my hardest days.
I can see it
Fun fact: the voice of Meg played Belle in the broadway version of beauty and the beast
The way she just belted that note. Wow.
Also Tate Donovan is severely underrated. Such a great voice actor, and amazing in the OC.
Honestly this whole movie is a master class of underrated actors
Roger Bart has such a beautiful voice!
So true
WAIT in the background of the “I Won’t Say I’m in Love” live performance, the pink muse is Renée Elise Goldsberry!! that’s so wild
This movies is criminally underrated just the soundtrack alone is amazing That Gospel especially those ladies killed it. Obviously the characters of greek mythology isn’t accurate but what we got in story telling was great and it made me want to do research on everyone all the way down to Icarus. Hercules is one of my top 5 Disney classics. I hope Disney doesn’t remake and leave it as is.
They really did know how to nail the Disney films back in the day didn't they!
100%
The Muses and Hades voice acting was too notch
Literally teared up at your transition from the older Roger Bart to younger. Such an amazing song.
I don't know why but this video made me so emotional and nostalgic! I love seeing how expressive the voice actors are and putting flesh and blood faces to the animated ones is really awesome.
THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED to just cast MOST of them for the live action adaptation. ITS A MUST
I recently saw Roger Bart as Doc Brown in the Back to the Future musical. He's still phenomenal, I was gobsmacked!
i like the black ladies singing, they remind me of a choir n sing very good!!
Be careful according to the radicals there was no representation in the 90's so your about to get attacked. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Boy bye, you tried it. 🙄 50 years of Disney… 12 princesses… and just ONE of them are black. You do the math and tell me if we’re represented.
@@brianamills6440 cause all the tales Disney took & reinvented where european folk tales. Not African tales!
@@lt.2992 No they aren’t 😒 he included different races of princes and their tales/culture. He just CHOSE to only do 1 per racial group and make the rest all white. So what exactly is stopping him from doing an African tale?
@@lt.2992 I encourage you to research just how the Grimm brothers rewrote stories from all over. A lot of the stories commonly know to be "European" didn't start that way.
OMG I HAD NO IDEA LILLIAS WHITE SANG THAT ROLE! Her performance of "Don't Rain On My Parade" is one of the best performances of ANY Broadway hit EVER, on so many special levels. No wonder something about her voice in that performance stirred something familiar from my childhood! I knew she was an icon but the Muses are a particular variety of iconic that I didn't realize she overlapped with 😍
I absolutely love Hades and his voice 💖
I love it too
The muses are my favorite. Chills every time I hear them sing
Yesss!!! I get goosebumps!
Hercules is one of the biggest underrated movies of the Disney Renaissance the other is The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Everyone on this movie was on point.. and the voices from the ladies as the Muses, wow. This is one of my top movies from my childhood.
The lead black singer her voice is amazing I’ve always loved this program now at 29 I still love it
The way the voice actors for Hercules, Hades, Phil, Meg, & Thalia look exactly how I pictured them
I mean, they record the voices first and the animators use the videos and pictures from the VAs to create the characters
Go the distance is one of those songs that makes me cry when I hear it. Everytime!
Best music of all the Disney movies in my opinion. What is this movie be without the songs????
The muses are life and set the stage for the comedy and musical themes. I won’t say I’m in love is SO underrated. Go the distance??? Amazing. Legendary. The whole movie.
"We didn't know, we were stupid!"
"Yes."
This is one of Disney's underrated musical epics! The R&B Greek chorus was inspired!
Honestly the casting and musical directors for Disney deserve every penny
This movie is so underrated, man. I loved watching this! Hercules needs more love.
Give me 5 minutes with the song actresses we call "THE Muses!" And I can die with a smile. True Goddesses.
I was today years old when I found out that the original Madame Morrible from "Wicked" was the voice of one of the Fates in this movie.
Hercules was my favourite movie when I was a kid and still is one of my favourites, and Megara has always been my favourite character. She's funny (her sarcasm is the best😂), she's smart, she's so strong. Unlike most of disney princesses, she has a personality. I hope they don't spoil her charcter in the live action by picking an actress without enough carisma to perform her.
They’ll pick Kristen Stewart for all we know 🙂 with their track record ......
James, The Muses, & Danny killed it 🙌🏾
Not me spotting Renee Elise Goldsberry as a Muse at 6:49!! That's so amazing. I fancasted her as the Head Muse Calliope lol, full circle for her lol (In my mind lol)
That is actually a pretty good idea.
I like that idea
@@ultimatebishoujo29 Thanks! I think my fancast for Hercules was quite good lol
Holy crap, I’d’ve never noticed. Good eye!
This was a really well made video for something that could've been as basic as cli0 versus clip. I really liked how you capped it off with the thoughts and the clips seemed pretty well chosen.
One of my alltime animated favorites. Growing up I was singing these songs all day long! Alan Menken is a genius!
My kids and I watched this movie so many times we can literally sing every song and recite every line. Def one of our favorite Disney movies.
Such an under rated classic! I miss those days of Disney musicals.
Charlton Heston (as narrator), Woods and DeVito were THE GREATEST of the movie...with all my bows and respect for the Muses
"I won't say I'm in love" is one of Disneys best, and most underrated, songs. That song is how every girls really feels about being in love 😂
Probably my favorite Disney movie. The music is just incredible. Sing every song proudly
The Muses are EVERYTHING!!! 🎉
Hercules is my second favorite Disney movie due to Meg, the muses, and Hades. They just make this movie amazing
The muses.. MADE.. this movie! This was so much fun to watch.
I grew up watching some of Charlton Heston’s movies (my favs being the 10 Commandments and Ben-Hur). Tbh I didn’t realize he was the narrator til now, but now I can’t unhear it! RIP Charlton!!! ❤
Half the reason to watch Hercules is for the Muses. The other half is Hades 🤣
When they hired actual professional voice actors for movies.
Meg music is my favorite from the 90s
A movie where the villains are by far the best characters, and Hades is Disney's funniest villain. James Woods killed it.
Ever since I figured out the voice actor for Meg is also Rose from Steven Universe, I cant unsee Rose as Meg and Meg as Rose 😂😂😂
Susan egan's appearance and voice are so beautiful it gives me goosebumps
Despite the inaccuracies of this movie from greek mythology, it's still one of my all time favorites and the cast is 🔥
I'll be turning 40 next year, and this, still is my favourite film to this day ❤️
James woods though , till this day still my favorite Disney villian ❤️❤️❤️🔥
This whole movie was great! The songs, singers, actor/actresses just a very well done movie. I love 90s Disney, so nostalgic to me.
Happy 25th Anniversary of Disney's Hercules(1997)🎊🥳🎂🎉🎤🎵🎶🎙🎼🏛🎊🎊🎂🎉🎉🎊🎂🎉🎊🥳🥳🎤🎵🎶🎙🎼🏛
Yassss
This Must Have Been a Fun Recording Session
I love how their gestures are similar to the characters'.I have to say the voice crew had more fun than me watching this movie😂
Susan Egan was also the voice of the chick from Spirited Away. The one who befriends the little girl.
Yup! She also was the singing voice for Angel in Lady and the Tramp 2, as well as the speaking and singing voice of Rose Quartz in Steven Universe. She also recorded an alternate song for Meg that wasn’t used in the film called “I Can’t Believe My Heart”. It’s absolutely golden!
Also, Susan Egan was the original 'Belle' in Disney's _Beauty and the Beast_ on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award (i.e., theater Oscars).
I love how Alan always gets excited when the muses sing. Literally got excited when he asked James to sing it while he played the piano then as well.
The best musical numbers Disney offered in my opinion. Everytime I listen to the Soundtrack or watch the movie I‘m in goosebumps.
The hunchback of notre dame had some pretty good music too
James Woods made that role his, literally I can't think any other actor can voice Hades but him.
they all do a great job!!
I had the pleasure of meeting Susan Egan at a convention a few years ago, and I must say she’s one of the sweetest people I have ever met at a con😊❤
holy shit, i've just started watching desperate housewives - of which roger bart has a part as a complete psycho lmao, and i had NO IDEA he was young hercules!! that's literally my favourite movie of all time. he is so talented, wow.
Wait til you see who he played in The Producers.
I'm not crying we're crying‼️💖 to all the parents that went out of their way yo give us these memories we love you💖💖💖