Disney Movies' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" Characters

Meet the characters of Disney Movies' upcoming fantasy adventure film, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."

SORCERER

BALTHAZAR BLAKE (Nicolas Cage) is a student of Merlin and a Sorcerer. More than 1,000 years old, Balthazar has been searching the globe until he finds the Prime Merlinean, the descendent of Merlin and inheritor of his great powers. When Balthazar finally discovers him in 10-year-old Dave Stutler, he finds himself with a very reluctant sorcerer�s apprentice.

APPRENTICE

DAVE STUTLER (Jay Baruchel) is a nerdy NYU physics major, lacking confidence and poise, not very popular with girls or even his fellow students. At the age of 10, he experiences a frightening incident when he encounters sorcerer Balthazar Blake after wandering into the bizarre Arcana Cabana curio shop. He�s given a dragon ring that comes to life on his finger, and he's told that he�ll be a very important sorcerer himself. He then witnesses a furious battle between Balthazar and another sorcerer named Maxim Horvath which made him want to forget the whole matter�until both Balthazar and Horvath re-enter his life 10 years later, forcing him to confront a destiny he would very much like to ignore! "Dave is his own worst enemy, the architect of his own misery," says Baruchel. "He spends his life trying to live down that moment in the Arcana Cabana when he first encountered Balthazar and Horvath. He gravitates towards physics, which is the discipline he gives his life to. When he meets up with Balthazar again, the sorcerer tells Dave that it was no coincidence that he drifted towards physics because although illusion and magic are different, magic and science are the same thing."

VILLAIN

MAXIM HORVATH (Alfred Molina) was, along with Balthazar Blake and Veronica, a disciple of Merlin and a force of good more than a thousand years ago. But their mutual love for Veronica split the colleagues apart and Horvath has instead become an ally of the wicked Morgana, who murdered Merlin and is seeking to conquer the world with her minions. He and Balthazar have battled through the ages, finally bringing their conflict to modern-day New York City. "In The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Horvath's mission is world domination,� says Molina. "Balthazar and Horvath have a rivalry that�s gone on for millennia. Balthazar is maintaining the Merlinean standard of magic as a power that�s used for the benefit of mankind. Horvath is the leader of the Morganians, who take the very different view that magic should be used to subjugate humans. That�s the struggle between good as personified by Nic Cage�s character, and evil as personified by mine. Horvath is a rather smart, debonair, Edwardian villain in the classic tradition of suave bad guys, well dressed and charming, but deadly."

SORCERESS

VERONICA (Monica Bellucci) is a sorcerer who has had the great fortune of being loved by Balthazar Blake�and the misfortune of being loved by Maxim Horvath. "Balthazar and Veronica are willing to do everything for their love," says Bellucci, "and at the same time they�re two fighters. Horvath, who, like them, was a disciple of Merlin, also falls in love with Veronica. She rejects him for Balthazar, and because of that he betrays them by aligning himself with Morgana. It�s a beautiful and powerful story about love, jealousy and vengeance."

WIZARD

SUN LOK (Gregory Woo) is an ancient, but perpetually young, Chinese sorcerer and Morganian. When he�s unlocked from his Grimhold by Horvath, Sun Lok wreaks havoc in Chinatown during a lively festival by materializing a fearsome fire-breathing dragon. "Sun Lok has been in a little container for thousands and thousands of years, and when he�s let out, he�s really, really angry," says Woo.