Melissa McCarthy says 'The Little Mermaid' Ursula performance was '100 percent' inspired by drag queens

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Actress Melissa McCarthy detailed the inspiration behind her live-action rendition 'The Little Mermaid' in an interview with Entertainment Weekly earlier this month.

More specifically, the outlet notes that the Drag queen Divine, who McCarthy channeled for a cover shoot with Entertainment Weekly in 2011, was behind the novel take on the character.

"You've been entertained by drag queens your whole life," the post read."Don't pretend it's a problem now."of late actor Robin Williams from the 1993 comedy"Mrs. Doubtfire," Dustin Hoffman as in the 1982 Sydney Pollack film"Tootsie," actor Jamie Farr dressed as Corporal Maxwell Q.

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