Some have opined that someone who more closely resembles Divine should be casted as Ursula.
The Little MermaidBut some Twitter users weren't so pleased with the news, suggesting that filmmakers should cast a character who more closely resembles the real inspiration for Disney's evil sea witch — a drag queen.
Ursula, who preys on the kind-hearted Ariel, was apparently based on the late drag queen icon Divine, whose real name was Harris Glenn Milstead. She broke into the limelight in the early 1970s thanks to lead roles in films like
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