We chat with TheLittleMermaid stars Melissa McCarthy & Javier Bardem about King Triton's cut song, a potential Ursula spin-off, and the joy of working with Disney musical legends:
The Little Mermaid is Disney's latest live-action adaptation of an animated classic. The film follows King Triton's youngest daughter, Ariel, who is enamored with the human world even though her father has dubbed it off-limits to mermaids. Breaking the rules, Ariel saves and falls in love with Prince Eric, leading to a heated confrontation with her father.
Melissa McCarthy: It's what I try to do with any character. Comedy [or] drama I really never think about it. I just think about the character and the story. But for her, she is such a complicated character. I think she's so funny. There's wit, there's manipulation. She's a great broad and at the same time, I have to think about what armor does she put in? And I don't think her mental health is great.
Javier Bardem: It's called "Impossible Child." It's an original song from Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda. We worked very hard on doing it. It was a beautiful process and a very scary one as we both know, but always accompanied by the amazing talent around you. It was shot. It is beautifully shot, but it's true that in terms of how the character ends the story if the song was included it would have changed a little bit what the end for the character is.
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