The Oscar nominated performer talks to THR on why she pursued the juicy role in Rob Marshall's live-action musical: 'If I don't do it, I will regret it for the rest of my life.'
“I was so terrified, and there were moments when I felt like, ‘I have no business trying to meet with Rob Marshall, but if I don’t do it, I will regret it for the rest of my life,’ ” McCarthy toldin Las Vegas ahead of receiving CinemaCon’s Cinema Vérité Award. It went well: “We kind of hit it off.
He’s such a remarkable and lovely human.”“Thinking about how much time she spent in isolation and what that had done to her mental state and paranoia, I was able to connect with her in new ways,” she explained. “Ursula is so damaged and such a juicy, dishy, conniving broad. I’ve always been, like, ‘That’s the gal I want to have a drink with.’ “
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