a live—action remake starring glenn close as cruela devile followed in 1996 with a sequel 102 dalmationsears later. now, as disney's campaign to recycle and reboot its back catalogue continues apace, we have cruella, a live—action prequel that's been in the works for almost a decade and which glenn close gets an executive producer credit. do you have a light? they gasp. like the hit stage show, wicked, which revisited the early years of a fairy tale villain from the wizard of oz, cruella creates an explanatory back story for its antiheroine scary reputation. emma stone is estella taken in by artful dodgers jasper and horace after the domination field death of her mother. you, grubby girl. yes? do you have a card? esetlla dreams of being a fashion designer following in the footsteps of emma thompson's splendidly imperious baroness, the true villain of the piece to whom she becomes both dogged assistant and deadly rival. you look vaguely familiar. i look stunning. playing out on the streets of 70s london, cruella boasts winning turns from joel fry and paul walter hauser, the latter of whom