Maleficent (2014)

Sharlto Copley: Stefan

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Quotes 

• [at Princess Aurora's christening] 

  Maleficent : Well, well.

  [She laughs softly] 

  Maleficent : What a glittering assemblage, King Stefan. Royalty, nobility, the gentry, and...

  [Her laugh becomes contemptuous] 

  Maleficent : ...How quaint, even the rabble.

  [staring at the obviously-nervous King] 

  Maleficent : I must say, I was distressed at not receiving an invitation.

  King Stefan : You're not welcome here.

  Maleficent : [whimpers mockingly]  Oh, dear!

  [she laughs some more] 

  Maleficent : What an awkward situation.

  [turns to leave] 

  Queen Leila : You're not offended?

  Maleficent : Why should I be? Just to prove that I bear no ill will, I shall bestow my own gift upon the child.

  King Stefan : No! We don't want any gift of yours!

  Knotgrass : Stay away from the princess!

  Thistletwit : Yes, stay away!

  [the Dark Fairy casts the fairies backward across the room, shutting them inside a chest. Then Maleficent gives the baby Aurora a pensive look] 

  Maleficent : [casting her spell]  Listen well, all of you. The princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, in sweetness and wisdom and generosity, adored by all who meet her.

  Queen Leila : That's a lovely gift.

  [King Stephan, however, seems fearful of what Maleficent's "gift" will hold next] 

  King Stefan : Don't do this.

  [Pressing a finger to her lips, Maleficent notices a spinning-wheel] 

  Maleficent : But... As they said in ancient Rome, "He whom the Gods love, dies in youth"... he, or SHE.

  [the Dark Fairy gazes wickedly at Aurora, before continuing] 

• Maleficent : Before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday, she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel, and fall into a sleep like death! A sleep from which she will *never* awaken!

  King Stefan : Maleficent, please don't do this, I'm begging you.

  Maleficent : I like you begging. Do it again.

  [Maleficent motions for him to kneel] 

  Maleficent : [King Stefan kneels before Maleficent, his advisers looking on in disapproval] 

  King Stefan : I beg you.

  Maleficent : All right.

  Maleficent : The princess *can* be woken from her death sleep, but only by...

  [Maleficent glares vindictively at Stefan] 

  Maleficent : True Love's Kiss!

  [short pause] 

  Maleficent : This curse will last till the end of time! No power on Earth can change it!

• King Stefan : True love does not exist.