Disney has long understood that its villains need to be incredibly compelling, and that's certainly the case in 1989's The Little Mermaid. Ursula is a scheming, scary force of nature, but one with ...

Always the musical showman, “The Little Mermaid” director Rob Marshall insisted that the most gestural parts of Melissa McCarthy’s live-action performance as Ursula were supported by eight puppeteered ...

“Although [having been] inspired by drag queens, I didn't want her to look like a drag queen,” said Peter Smith King of transforming Melissa McCarthy into Ursula Valerie Macon/Getty ; Walt Disney ...