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<blockquote data-quote="Derrick Rossignol" data-source="post: 6244"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Lizzo-2021-getty-full.jpg?w=1600&amp;h=660&amp;crop=1" alt="Lizzo 2021" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty ImageIn recent years, Disney has gotten into making live-action remakes of some of their classic animated movies. One such film is the upcoming The Little Mermaid, which has a cast that includes <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/daveed-diggs-praised-little-mermaid-costar-halle-bailey/" target="_blank">Daveed Diggs</a> and <a href="https://uproxx.com/pop/halle-bailey-ungodly-hour-little-mermaid-interview/" target="_blank">Halle Bailey</a>. The film could have had even more musical firepower than that: While Melissa McCarthy ultimately landed the role of Ursula, <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/lizzo-watch-out-for-the-big-grrrls-trailer/" target="_blank">Lizzo</a> auditioned for the part but did not get it. Lizzo discussed that in <a href="https://variety.com/2022/music/features/lizzo-watch-out-for-the-big-grrrls-ursula-1235187098/" target="_blank">a new Variety interview</a>, sharing her vision for the character.She said, “Everyone knows I auditioned for Ursula in The Little Mermaid and I didn’t get it. But you know, I’m fine as hell. That has nothing to do with Ursula, but I was down to make Ursula a THOT, shaking ass.”Lizzo also noted that she actually spoke with McCarthy about the movie, saying:She then clarified her audition actually wasn’t bad at all, saying, “My audition wasn’t terrible. Sometimes I like to make jokes. My audition was good. You can ask Disney. I don’t want to talk too much about it. The singing was great. I’ll just say that.”Check out the full interview <a href="https://variety.com/2022/music/features/lizzo-watch-out-for-the-big-grrrls-ursula-1235187098/" target="_blank">here</a>.Lizzo is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/lizzo-ursula-thot-little-mermaid/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Derrick Rossignol, post: 6244"] [IMG alt="Lizzo 2021"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Lizzo-2021-getty-full.jpg?w=1600&h=660&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] In recent years, Disney has gotten into making live-action remakes of some of their classic animated movies. One such film is the upcoming [I]The Little Mermaid[/I], which has a cast that includes [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/daveed-diggs-praised-little-mermaid-costar-halle-bailey/']Daveed Diggs[/URL] and [URL='https://uproxx.com/pop/halle-bailey-ungodly-hour-little-mermaid-interview/']Halle Bailey[/URL]. The film could have had even more musical firepower than that: While Melissa McCarthy ultimately landed the role of Ursula, [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/lizzo-watch-out-for-the-big-grrrls-trailer/']Lizzo[/URL] auditioned for the part but did not get it. Lizzo discussed that in [URL='https://variety.com/2022/music/features/lizzo-watch-out-for-the-big-grrrls-ursula-1235187098/']a new [I]Variety[/I] interview[/URL], sharing her vision for the character. She said, “Everyone knows I auditioned for Ursula in [I]The Little Mermaid[/I] and I didn’t get it. But you know, I’m fine as hell. That has nothing to do with Ursula, but I was down to make Ursula a THOT, shaking ass.” Lizzo also noted that she actually spoke with McCarthy about the movie, saying: She then clarified her audition actually wasn’t bad at all, saying, “My audition wasn’t terrible. Sometimes I like to make jokes. My audition was good. You can ask Disney. I don’t want to talk too much about it. The singing was great. I’ll just say that.” Check out the full interview [URL='https://variety.com/2022/music/features/lizzo-watch-out-for-the-big-grrrls-ursula-1235187098/']here[/URL]. [I]Lizzo is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.[/I] [url="https://uproxx.com/music/lizzo-ursula-thot-little-mermaid/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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