Melissa McCarthy Calls Playing Ursula in 'The Little Mermaid' an 'Out of Body Experience' (Exclusive)
etonline.comMelissa McCarthy landed the dream of a lifetime when she was cast as Ursula in Disney's live-action .“I’m so excited to see it in its full glory,” the 51-year-old actress told ET’s Lauren Zima of the movie while at the27th Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday. “Doing the and working with [director] Rob Marshall and doing one of my favorite villains of all time was an out of body experience,” she added. “I loved it.
I loved every second of it and I cried like a baby on my last day. I was like, ‘I don’t want to leave. I don’t want to leave.
I don’t want to leave.’ So, every single part of that process was amazing and beyond.” McCarthy is joined by a host of other talented musicians and actors in.
Disney’s live-action also stars Halle Bailey as Ariel, Javier Bardem as King Triton, Daveed Diggs as Sebastian, Awkwafina as Scuttie and Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric.
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