Q 01/05

Which directing duo made Disney's animated Hercules (1997)?

A) Ron Clements and John Musker

B) Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise

C) Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff

D) Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg

Answer · why

A) Ron Clements and John Musker

Ron Clements and John Musker took it on as a bargain: Disney's studio chief would approve their space-pirate passion project, Treasure Planet, only af...

Q 02/05

Who voices Hades, the fast-talking lord of the Underworld, in Disney's Hercules?

A) Jeremy Irons

B) Jason Alexander

C) Jeffrey Jones

D) James Woods

Answer · why

D) James Woods

James Woods improvised wildly at his audition, playing a breezy hustler miles from the purring villain the directors had written, and he kept inventin...

Q 03/05

Who voices Phil, the grumpy satyr who trains heroes in Disney's Hercules?

A) Ed Asner

B) Ernest Borgnine

C) Danny DeVito

D) Red Buttons

Answer · why

C) Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito wouldn't audition for a part written with him in mind, so other actors were tested before he said yes over a pasta lunch he cooked in his...

Q 04/05

Josh Keaton speaks for the teenage Hercules, but who provides the character's singing voice?

A) Tate Donovan

B) Donny Osmond

C) Michael Crawford

D) Roger Bart

Answer · why

D) Roger Bart

Roger Bart re-recorded the songs after Keaton had sung them all with the orchestra; Keaton says his voice was judged too pop for a Disney musical and ...

Q 05/05

Before voicing Megara, Susan Egan had played which Disney heroine on Broadway?

A) Ariel

B) Jasmine

C) Belle

D) Pocahontas

Answer · why

C) Belle

Belle nearly cost her the part: Disney at first refused to let its sweet stage heroine audition for the cynical Meg, and relented only later.