where Maleficent (Isobelle Molloy) is a young and powerful fairy living in a magical forest. There, she meets Stefan (Michael Higgins), a young human boy with whom she develops a strong bond.

Viewers were first introduced to Maleficent, a fairy, as a child who falls in love with Stefan, a human peasant boy. The two form a friendship and, later, a romance, but eventually, drift apart.

People and faeries continually clash, each staying in their respective kingdoms, but young Maleficent strikes up a strong friendship with young Stefan (Michael Higgins). Though destined to become ...

The magical fairy-tale starts off before the story of Sleeping Beauty, focusing on a young fairy girl named Maleficent and a human boy named Stefan. Maleficent is the protector of the moors ...

There’s no thought behind Maleficent’s madness. Where is the clever woman we met years ago? Meanwhile her enemy (King Stefan) literally goes insane. He’s just throwing his anger at the wall ...

that movie has nothing on “Maleficent.” The scene in which the would-be King Stefan (Sharlto Copley) betrays the powerful fairy and divests her of her wings, pushing her over to the dark side ...

Stefan, the human she fell in love with, aspired to become a king and was very ambitious. Therefore, when the ruling king, who had faced defeat in a battle against Maleficent, ordered Stefan to ...

By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic To secure that crown, Stefan commits an act of unspeakable cruelty against Maleficent. The mutilation takes place offscreen, but its effects are ...

Sharlto Copley plays a power-hungry Stefan, Maleficent's friend since childhood, while Sam Riley plays her shape-shifting sidekick. THR's review noted of Riley and Jolie's onscreen banter ...

The fairy Maleficent meets and falls for Stefan (Sharlto Copley), a young human torn between his love for her and his quest for power. When the dying king offers the throne to the man who kills ...

One day, a poor young boy named Stefan is caught stealing a jewel from the lake, and after Maleficent makes him return the stone, she befriends the boy, and over the years, they become friends and ...