His voice actor stated that Hades is his favorite voice role and would have done his voice at any moment and opportunity except for Mickey's House of Villains.Although Hades is the main antagonist of the film, he has only around 17 minutes of screen-time.They were replaced by Corey Burton and Robert Costanzo respectively. The original voice cast returned to reprise their roles except, Rip Torn as Zeus and Danny DeVito as Philoctetes. The series made its premiere on August 31, 1998, a year after the film was released in 1997. Originally, Hades was going to be less comedic and more serious until James Wood was cast. This is a list of episodes from 1998-1999 animated television series, Hercules.Additionally, Hera was the main antagonist of the Hercules myth instead of Hades.
However, in actual myths, Hades was content with his duties as the god of the Underworld and was more of a neutral character. Hercules depicts Hades as the evil ruler of the Underworld who hates his job and wants to usurp Zeus from the throne.Hades is the second Disney villain to be biologically related to the main protagonist, being preceded by Scar from The Lion King.Hades has to be the most powerful of all the Disney Villains, being a god and the eldest.This section of the article lacks information and is in need of a major expansion.
