Cruella.Grace Randolph, a writer with Rotten Tomatoes, noted the history-making role in a tweet last Friday following an advanced screening."We have the 1st officially out and proud #Disney character in her gang!" Randolph tweeted along with a rainbow flag emoji."It’s the character played by John McCrea," Randolph added in the Twitter thread. "He has several scenes and plays a very important role, including saving another character!" In Cruella, John McCrea plays Artie, a member of Cruella's entourage.
Emma Stone portrays the titular role in the upcoming film directed by Craig Gillespie, which also features Emma Thompson as her overbearing boss in the fashion industry, The Baroness.