The Makeup Artist Responsible For Melissa McCarthy's Ursula In "The Little Mermaid" Responded To Criticism
The Little Mermaid, alsoconfirmed that he took inspiration from Divine to create the iconic character. "Divine seemed like such a great, larger than life character, and it just seemed like a funny and quirky idea to take [Ursula] and treat her more like a drag queen," he said.The British hair and makeup designer's career spans over four decades in films, theater, and opera.
His credits include the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit trilogy, and Spider-Man: Far From Home, among other movies. But, not drag.Now when we said Ursula was inspired by a drag queen we didn’t mean one who had only been doing it for 3 months bc- https://t.co/gOODRvVT4l pic.twitter.com/BvNSf4wdp4- absolutely why we should hire up and coming queer artists with a pulse on the present and a vision for the future more often.
