Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid has added to its cast and made a major change to its villain Ursula. According to Deadline , Jessica Alexander has been cast in an unknown role in the movie. Alexander is probably best known for her part as Olivia in the Netflix/BBC series Get Even. She’s also appearing in Kelsey Egan’s sci-fi movie Glasshouse, and Ruth Paxton’s horror film A Banquet. As for Ursula, who will be played by Melissa McCarthy in the remake, a significant change has been made to her backstory (H/T Comic Book ). The Deadline report describes her as Ariel’s “evil aunt Ursula”. In the animated original, the villain was simply a scheming sea witch with no familial relation to the titular mermaid. Ursula planned on taking the underwater throne for herself, though, and used Ariel’s wish to walk on the surface to further her plans. Though for the animated classic Ursula was at one point set to be King Triton’s sister, making her Ariel’s aunt, the idea was eventually abandoned – so this twist to the mermaid-tale is probably taking inspiration from the previous plan. Plus, part of Ursula’s backstory includes her formerly living in the royal… Read full this story
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