23 thoughts on “#AnimationFact: #Actors who were ALMOST #Hades from Disney’s #Hercules”
Fun fact, James Woods did say that if anything involving Hades from Disney comes along, especially with the recent Kingdom Hearts games, he would gladly voice as Hades again since it's one of his best roles even he'd said so.
The Looney Tunes directors would have definitely watching this and were cheering Trag got that Oscar because Treg was the sound effects man of the Looney Tunes for years
As much as I love James Woods as Hades, John Litgow would've been a perfect choice, too. But hey, we got him as Lord Farquad. So I say it worked out in the end.
It makes wonder one of the reasons Lithgow would do Farquaad for Shrek was because in response that he couldn’t do Hades in Hercules, and thus Dreamworks would pick him up. It’s just a theory though, but I will say that James Woods is a very fitting role for Hades
Out of all the people they tried, they had to get the actor who turned out to be a terrible person in real life lol. But James Woods was really good as Hades
Two things long before John Lithgow who played the voice of Lord Farquaad for DreamWorks Shrek, he was the first pick to voice Hades for Disney's Hercules but glad James Woods were awesome for the role.
Interesting fact is that this isn’t the only time Jack Nicholson was close to playing an entity. He was also offered to play the role of God in Bruce Almighty but turned it down. But another interesting thing is that there was going to be a sequel which would’ve seen Bruce taking on the powers of the Devil himself after taking on the powers of God with the title appropriately being “Brucifer”. (This is actually true, by the way.) I bring this up because watching this video reminds me how Jack could’ve ironically played the Devil himself in that scrapped Bruce Almighty sequel.
If I remember right, Nik Raneri, the supervising animator, mentioned that by the time they had John Lithgow, the dialogue had already been changed to pattern James Woods' audition. They kinda realized soon after that John trying to speak James Woods-tyoe dialogue just didn't fit him. And they were worried about James being pissed off about John losing a job as they're good friends.
James Woods nailed the role so hard, that it’s what inspired Disney to not only bring him back for the Hercules television show, but get other celebrity voices in hopes of capturing the same magic they had with Hades, many of which were hit and miss.
I’m surprised not to hear Billy Crystal’s name. I used to think James Woods was doing a spot on impersonation. I also would have put Christopher Walken on that list of potential – seems like his type of role.
Fun fact, James Woods did say that if anything involving Hades from Disney comes along, especially with the recent Kingdom Hearts games, he would gladly voice as Hades again since it's one of his best roles even he'd said so.
Hades would had been just like Nicholson
James Woods was the perfect choice for Hades It was clear that he’s also a fan of the Marx brothers because Hades is like a Groucho Marx wiseguy
One main reason why Jack Nicholson was dropped as Hades is because he wanted a 50% cut of all merchandise sales coming from the character.
Hades is one of funniest Disney villain out there.
The Looney Tunes directors would have definitely watching this and were cheering Trag got that Oscar because Treg was the sound effects man of the Looney Tunes for years
As much as I love James Woods as Hades, John Litgow would've been a perfect choice, too. But hey, we got him as Lord Farquad. So I say it worked out in the end.
That’s right; Lord Farquaad himself would’ve been Hades!
It makes wonder one of the reasons Lithgow would do Farquaad for Shrek was because in response that he couldn’t do Hades in Hercules, and thus Dreamworks would pick him up. It’s just a theory though, but I will say that James Woods is a very fitting role for Hades
Out of all the people they tried, they had to get the actor who turned out to be a terrible person in real life lol. But James Woods was really good as Hades
Two things long before John Lithgow who played the voice of Lord Farquaad for DreamWorks Shrek, he was the first pick to voice Hades for Disney's Hercules but glad James Woods were awesome for the role.
Interesting fact is that this isn’t the only time Jack Nicholson was close to playing an entity. He was also offered to play the role of God in Bruce Almighty but turned it down. But another interesting thing is that there was going to be a sequel which would’ve seen Bruce taking on the powers of the Devil himself after taking on the powers of God with the title appropriately being “Brucifer”. (This is actually true, by the way.) I bring this up because watching this video reminds me how Jack could’ve ironically played the Devil himself in that scrapped Bruce Almighty sequel.
It's crazy but fitting that James Woods, like Hades, is a real-life villain but stripped away of any liability, and we only got left with repulsion.
What is going on? Why am I getting Hades recommended videos? Oh right, I’m watching a lot of Disney videos. 😅
I wonder if Jon Lovitz was on that list
If I remember right, Nik Raneri, the supervising animator, mentioned that by the time they had John Lithgow, the dialogue had already been changed to pattern James Woods' audition. They kinda realized soon after that John trying to speak James Woods-tyoe dialogue just didn't fit him. And they were worried about James being pissed off about John losing a job as they're good friends.
I have a Hades Cutie Cuff on my steering wheel!
Man take off fedora, off I know you got a bald spot
Other actors: Hello, I’m Hades. 😈
James Woods: Hey, it’s Hades. How are you doin’. 👨💼🧾
James Woods nailed the role so hard, that it’s what inspired Disney to not only bring him back for the Hercules television show, but get other celebrity voices in hopes of capturing the same magic they had with Hades, many of which were hit and miss.
I’m surprised not to hear Billy Crystal’s name. I used to think James Woods was doing a spot on impersonation. I also would have put Christopher Walken on that list of potential – seems like his type of role.
Can we acknowledge that James Woods is a queerphobe?
Bruh they really wanted Markiplier to voice Hades 💀