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Ernie Hudson was "disappointed" with the female-led reboot of 'Ghostbusters'. The 78-year-old actor made a cameo appearance in Paul Feig's movie that featured Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones in the main roles but acknowledged that the picture didn't strike a chord with fans of the franchise. Ernie told The Independent newspaper: "Fans were really invested in the story and the characters, and I think it was disappointing. I enjoyed the movie. But I think it wasn't what fans were hoping for." The star admits that he was puzzled by Feig's decision to reboot the supe...
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Melissa McCarthy believes drag culture has played a "big part" in her success. The 53-year-old actress has enjoyed huge success in Hollywood, starring in movie such as 'Bridesmaids' and 'St. Vincent', and Melissa has now claimed that drug culture has helped to catapult her towards stardom. During an upcoming appearance on 'RuPaul's Drag Race!' - which has been shared with PEOPLE - Melissa says: "Drag is a big part of why I have a career. I was going to drag shows when I shouldn't have been and it literally gave me the courage to get on the stage. "I started in drag. I starred in a big old red ...
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Paapa Essiedu had an "out of body experience" working with Melissa McCarthy on 'Genie'. The 33-year-old actor features as Bernard – a workaholic who attempts to win his family back before the Christmas celebrations with the help of the magical genie Flora - in the Richard Curtis-scripted movie and found it "surreal" to see the 'Bridesmaids' star add even more the picture with her acting ability. Speaking on 'The Graham Norton Show', Paapa said: "Obviously when you do a movie penned by Richard Curtis you know the script is unbeatable, but then Melissa comes along, rips it up and adds so much. "...
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Leslie Jones received death threats over her female-led 'Ghostbusters' movie. The 56-year-old actress - who starred in Kevin Feig's movie alongside Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy - has blasted Jason Reitman's response to the 2016 film when he released 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' in 2021, as well as the public fallout from it. In her new memoir 'Leslie F****** Jones', she wrote: "Why are people being so evil to each other? How can you sit and type ‘I want to kill you.’ Who does that?” She continued: "Sad keyboard warriors living in their mother’s basements hated the fact that th...
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Rose Byrne found it "weird" working with mostly all women on 'Bridesmaids'. The 44-year-old Australian actress starred as the snooty and over-the-top bridesmaid Helen Harris III in the 2011 rom-com classic, alongside Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Rebel Wilson, and more. And it was one of few productions that was female-dominated of its time. Speaking on the 'SmartLess' podcast, she said: "It was one of those jobs where I had no idea that it would become such a beloved film at all. It was like a midsize film. "It was weird acting with that man...
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Melissa McCarthy, 52, joined the West Hollywood Pride Parade yesterday to celebrate Pride Month and support the LGBTQ community. The Bridesmaids actress was all sunshine as wore a rainbow-striped cape with a rainbow-sequined dress and carried a rainbow umbrella with purple fringes. The Emmy winner was also named WeHo Pride’s 2023 Ally Icon, for her outspoken allyship and celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. Recently, McCarthy starred in the live-action film of The Little Mermaid as Ursula, the sea witch who captures Ariel’s voice. In relation to pride month, Ursula was inspired by drag queen...
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Melissa McCarthy’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ make-up artist has hit back at critics who say a queer cosmetics expert should have been hired for the job. Oscar-winning Peter King, 68, has faced a backlash from ‘RuPaul’s Drag race’ contestants who think he shouldn’t have landed the contract as in the original Disney movie, which came out in 1989, Melissa’s sea witch character Ursula was modelled after drag icon Divine. Peter told Insider about their objections to him doing the job being “ridiculous” and “very offensive”: “Why can’t I do as good a job as a queer makeup artist? “That’s trying to claim ...
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Rose Byrne would love to make a 'Bridesmaids' sequel. The 43-year-old actress starred as Helen Harris III in Paul Feig's hit comedy and is prepared to make another film if all her co-stars – including Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy – are happy to return. Rose told People magazine: "If all the girls were in, I absolutely would." The film proved to be a hit both critically and commercially and Byrne acknowledges that a potential sequel should try and go down a different route in terms of plot. The 'Platonic' actress said: "It's a hard act to follow because the first film was so great. It was ...
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Melissa McCarthy was made “physically ill” by a brutal film boss. ‘The Little Mermaid’ actress, 52, said she soaked up so much “nastiness” on the set of a movie she didn’t name her eyes swelled up and colleagues wept. Melissa, who runs a production company with her actor husband of 18 years Ben Falcone, 49, told The Observer when asked if she had ever come up against huge egos in the entertainment business: “I did work for someone once who ran such a volatile, hostile set that it made me physically ill. My eyes were swelling up, I was absorbing all of this nuttiness. “There were people weeping...
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Melissa McCarthy says living through lockdown helped her identify with her ‘Little Mermaid’ character’s crazed “mental state”. The ‘Bridesmaids’ actress, 52, plays evil sea witch Ursula in the new live-action remake of Disney’s 1989 ‘The Little Mermaid’ animation and said she has loved the villain for years. She told The Observer: “Having just gone through Covid, I was like, aha, this is a character who has been in isolation for long enough that she is not in the healthiest mental state. “I started to love her in a whole new way. And she’s also been alone for years with two eels? She’s not sol...
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