'The Little Mermaid' star Melissa McCarthy thinks the new remake is so "special" because of its "modern" message
Melissa McCarthy feels like 'The Little Mermaid' remake has a "more modern" message than the original. The 52-year-old actress plays Ursula in Disney's new live-action re-telling of the beloved 1989 animated classic, and she explained why the new version is so "special". She told 'Entertainment Tonight': "I think that for me there's something special about this one. "If we haven't been a parent, we've all had parents. We've all wrestled with what that is. "We've all longed to figure out what's the life I want, which is really the key story that in this, I feel like it's more modern than it was in the original, just in terms of really carving out the life you choose to have for yourself." She added that the message is "necessary" for the… (more)