![]() “But the thing about Divine is that she bigger than life, and this character is bigger than life. ![]() We really used Divine as our inspiration because that’s where it started. “I love that she was originally inspired by Divine, the wonderful drag actor, who was so original and so funny. At what age did you find out that the character of URSULA from the Disney movie THE LITTLE MERMAID is inspired by a Drag Queen named DIVINE (Harris Glenn Milstead) they not only took their appearance as a reference to develop the character but also their behavior. “It was really daunting to think about who was going to play this part,” he said. This inspiration led some to hope that when it came to the. To the backdrop of an increasingly hostile environment across the US for drag queens right now, the Mary Poppins Returns director told SFX magazine how he kept Ursula true to her drag roots. The original look for Ursula in the animation was inspired by drag queen icon Divine, who regularly appeared in movies by John Waters. Since the much-loved 1989 animation, which starred Pat Carroll as Ursula, it has long been known that Ursula’s immaculately camp energy, from her spectacular number “Poor Unfortunate Souls” to her evil scheming, is down to the drag legend Divine. The long-awaited Disney live-action adaptation of the nautical love story between Ariel (Halle Bailey) and Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King) is due to open next month with McCarthy as the villainous sea-witch hell-bent on tearing them apart. ![]() ![]() The director of The Little Mermaid, Rob Marshall, has reflected on the “daunting” task of bringing drag legend Divine to life in Melissa McCarthy’s Ursula. ![]()
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