'I thought, ‘Well, that’s what I want to be. I don’t know how I’m gonna be a sea witch. But that’s what I want to be.’ And I strived to be that for the rest of my life,” Ginger Minj says.
got on board, running headlines like “Why Disney Should Cast Ginger Minj As Ursula In the Live-Action ‘Little Mermaid’ Remake.”“I didn’t think I did have an opportunity, until I actually ended up in the conversation in the room for it.” Minj tells TODAY that she auditioned with Disney for the role of Ursula.
“I don’t know if I ever took seriously,” West says. “It was like, I’ll believe it when it happens, but I don’t think it’ll happen. But boy, it’s so fun to think about.”Eldridge says “The Little Mermaid” remake comes at a time when Disney is “trying to be more inclusive” in terms of representation. While “Strange World” is the first Disney movie with an openly queer lead character, many fans and scholars believe that queer characters have been there all along — but haven’t been labeled as such.
“ either get no representation or bad representation,” Eldridge tells TODAY. “Some people say bad representation is at least representation. I think bad representation is bad representation, and it needs to be changed. It’s time for us to get good representation.” “I was walking to turn into the Dolby Theater,” Nina says, “and someone grabbed my hand and said, please come with me, someone would like to meet you. So I’m walking towards someone and she turned around. It was Melissa McCarthy. And I was shocked. She was so absolutely kind and so sweet. And we were able to chat about a few things.”
“She is telling the world who she is in bold, brave ways, especially in a time period when not a lot of people are doing this,” West says. “She’s promoting the biggest movie of the year, and she’s loved by people from all walks of life, and all different political beliefs, and here she is saying yeah, I could lose a fan or a few, and that doesn’t matter, because these people are in the fight for their lives.
McCarthy’s set makeup artist Peter Smith King, who was featured in a behind-the-scenes vignette on the actress’ physical transformation posted to Disney’s social media, responded to criticisms.
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