How does it feel to be added to the pantheon of Disney villains?
I don’t think I really got [the significance of playing a Disney villain] until people started asking me that. I was very flattered when they asked me because there’s nothing more fun than [playing] one of those really juicy villains that loves to be bad who isn’t conflicted about it at all. The kind of villain you can “boo.” It’s like the female equivalent of Captain Hook, who just wanted to be bad. I’m very happy to be part of it. I don’t think I really got it until people started asking me that. I thought, “This is a really fun job and how will I do it and let me look at the cartoon…” and it hadn’t really become reality until I saw the billboard, so maybe once I get my action figure, I’ll understand it. How did you approach playing this evil queen? I saw her as a Disney icon. I just went to “Snow White” — that style, that very elegant, high-collared, very smooth, that I’m-so-bad-I-don’t-even-have-to-raise-my-voice-until-I-lose-it kind of evil stepmom that is just that iconic perso
