Melissa McCarthy says 'The Little Mermaid' Ursula performance was '100 percent' inspired by drag queens
foxnews.comMelissa McCarthy said drag queens were "100 percent" an influence behind her portrayal of the tentacled sea witch Ursula in the upcoming live-action "The Little Mermaid" flick set to hit theaters on Memorial Day weekend.
McCarthy recently joined costar Halle Bailey and director Rob Marshall to discuss the upcoming film with Entertainment Weekly where she gave a brief spiel about her history with drag performances and how her drag queen persona spilled over into her portrayal of the infamous villainess. "There's a drag queen that lives in me.
I'm always right on the verge of going full-time with her," she told the outlet in an interview published earlier this month.
She gushed over the character as "everything I want in a drag queen," pointing to Ursula's "sadness" and "edginess" that work in harmony with humor to create the flamboyant, white-haired, purple-skinned sea witch whose exaggerated makeup has been a long-standing trademark since she hit the big screen in animated form over 30 years ago.
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