The Little Mermaid live-action remake director Rob Marshall recently explained why Melissa McCarthy was chosen to play Ursula. Based on Disney's 1989 animated classic of the same name, the 2023 musical stars singer Halle Bailey as Ariel, a mermaid princess of the underwater kingdom of Atlantica. McCarthy takes the role of the film's villainous Ursula, a conniving sea witch who removes Ariel's voice in exchange for her to become human, all in a plot to steal King Triton's magical trident.
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