"Pat Carroll came in on that second round. Divine has been described as the 'Drag Queen of the Century' by People magazine, remaining as an iconic figure, especially in the cult and LGBT+ scenes. Clements said Ashman had very strong feelings about Ursula and how she should be played. Some of the actresses and comedians who were in the running were New York stage actress Elaine Stritch and Charlotte Rae, but neither of them ended up being the right fit.
"I don't know if she ever even knew we were interested, but animated films were not a big draw for star actors at that time." Once Upon a Time, Ursula Was a Drag Queen Laura Zornosa Thu, May 25, 2023, 5:23 PM EDT 7 min read triptych of Ursula in the animated The Little Mermaid, the actor Divine, and Melissa. "We heard her agent was upset that we somehow envisioned her as a witch," he added. But for whatever reason, we could not even get a meeting with her," said Clements of the "Golden Girls" actress. May 26, 2023, 2:08 PM PDT By Elaina Patton More than three decades after Ursula, the buxom sea witch of Atlantica, first slithered her way onto the big screen, the underwater mistress of mayhem. According to animator Rob Minkoff, Ursula was originally described in the script as a Joan Collinslike figure, resulting in character designs that depicted a thin, bony woman with lionfish- or. We would have brought in Beatrice Arthur even without auditioning her. There ended up being two separate rounds of auditioning that took about a year. It was inspired by Divine, an iconic LGBTIQ Drag Queen in the 1970s and 1980s. So drag performers took to Twitter to share their dismay at the revamped version. Divine seemed like such a great, larger than life character, and it. The search to find the perfect voice for the sea witch wasn't that easy. Unlike other queer-coded villains that are based on a pastiche of the idea of a gay person or a drag queen, Ursula is very specifically based on the drag queen Divine. The role’s origins from the 1989 film were based on the legendary drag queen, Divine. Animator Rob Minkoff was inspired by the late, great drag queen Divine when he designed Ursula for the 1989 original. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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