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.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. As a preteen, Maleficent meets Stefan, the future human king, who is a young boy attempting to steal a rock from the fairy world.

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.

Maleficent falls in love with Stefan (Jackson Bews) — the boy from the next kingdom over, ruled by a cruel king with plans to destroy Maleficent’s world. It’s on par with the original ...

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 ...

After getting her heart broken by Stefan, Maleficent changes completely and swears revenge on him. Except instead of making out with her new boyfriend at a party where her ex happens to be in a ...

That infant is Princess Aurora, daughter of King Stefan (Sharlto Copley). As a peasant boy, he had befriended Maleficent, and the pair fell in love. But then, out of a lust for power, he tricked her.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...