In Hercules, when Phil and Hercules first enter Phil’s hut, Hercules bangs his head on what Phil tells him is the mast of the Argo. In Greek mythology, Jason, the captain of the Argo, was killed when the mast of the ship fell and hit him in the head.
The role of Hades is one of James Woods’ all-time favorites. He loved paying the role so much that any time Disney needs him to reprise the character (for cartoons such as Hercules: The Series and Disney’s House of Mouse, and video games such as The “Kingdom Hearts” series), he has agreed to do so.
In Hercules, Phil claims that he trained Perseus, Theseus, Odysseus, and Achilles. He then says that his dream was to train a hero so great that “the gods would hang a picture of him in the stars”.
Perseus, the Greek hero famed for killing the Gorgon Medusa, does actually have a constellation.
Susan Egan, the voice of Meg in Hercules, played Belle in the original Broadway cast of Beauty and the Beast.
When Hercules is having his portrait painted on an urn, he is wearing a lion’s skin. The skin turns out to be that of Scar from The Lion King.
Hades was scripted as a slow, menacing character until James Woods auditioned for the role and impressed the casting directors with his rapid-fire style. The script was rewritten, but Woods ad-libbed many lines of the lines that ended up in the film.
In Hercules, at one point during “I Won’t Say I’m In Love”, the Muses imitate the singing busts from the Haunted Mansion.
Hercules directors John Musker and Ron Clements make a cameo early in the film, as Hercules pulls the hay wagon into the marketplace.
Got it. Thank you freakily accurate auditory memory :)
The trailer is on the The Hunchback of Notre Dame VHS. (Yes I still have my Disney VHSs. And yes I still watch them.)
