 "The Little Mermaid: Lizzo lobbies for Ursula's role in live-action remake after Melissa McCarthy's reported casting")
Rapper Lizzo is upset with the reports of Melissa McCarthy being considered to play sea witch Ursula in Disney’s upcoming live-action version of “The Little Mermaid”. After the news went viral, Lizzo reacted on Twitter with a teary-eyed emoji.
— LIZZO (@lizzo) June 28, 2019
She also re-posted her November video dressed as Ursula and a giving a vocal rendition of the song ‘Poor Unfortunate Souls’ from the original film.
— LIZZO (@lizzo) June 29, 2019
“I’M URSULA. PERIOD,” she had captioned the 45-second video and tagged Disney. Besides her two albums, Lizzo is credited for a one episode shot in the role of Alex in 2017’s The Memestar Chronicles series. Rob Marshall is directing The Little Mermaid from a script penned by David Magee. The film will incorporate the original songs from the 1989 animated classic as well as new tracks from Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Miranda is also producing the project along with Marshall, Marc Platt and John DeLuca.
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