In an interview with Insider he responded to the criticisms of his work saying, "I personally don't get it.
He has worked on plays, operas, and movies such as The Lord of the Rings saga, Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi and Spider-Man: Far from Home. King is a makeup and hair designer with 42 years of experience. When you lie on your resume and end up with the job. New York-based drag queen Sierra La Puerta wrote on Twitter, “Now when we said Ursula was inspired by a drag queen we didn’t mean one who had only been doing it for 3 months bc-” “Divine seemed like such a great, larger than life character, and it just seemed like a funny and quirky idea to take and treat her more like a drag queen,” Minkoff told Vogue.īut because of this, modern day drag queens were quick to lambast makeup artist King’s design for McCarthy, who started her own career as a drag performer. The makeup artist behind Melissa McCarthy’s Ursula in the new live-action The Little Mermaid is pushing back against the criticism he’s gotten of his work on the film.īritish makeup artist Peter Swords King designed McCarthy’s makeup for the iconic sea witch, but drag queens have taken to social media to slam the artist for the look which they say isn't up to snuff.Īnimator Rob Minkoff was inspired by the late, great drag queen Divine when he designed Ursula for the 1989 original.
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