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In the 2007 stage musical adaptation, Grimsby says that the reason he wants Eric to marry is because he (Grimsby) had made a promise to Eric's late father to ensure it. Though Grimsby is reluctant to believe Eric's story of being saved from drowning by a girl, he comes up with the idea of holding a contest in which the princesses of the land are to sing for Eric, in the hopes that one of them will be the right girl. In the stage musical, the role is originated by Jonathan Freeman. Max does however appear in The Little Mermaid Live!, played by Bagel the sheepdog, and in the 2023 live-action film. Artwork from the sequel showing most of the main characters in the franchise. Top row, from left to right: Scuttle, King Triton, Melody, Ariel, Eric, Tip, and Sebastian. Bottom row: Dash, and Flounder. Gans, Andrew (April 21, 2008). "Young Frankenstein Tops Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominations". Playbill.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2008 . Retrieved April 23, 2008.
Max is an Old English Sheepdog and Eric's pet. Unlike all the other animals in the film, Max is minimally anthropomorphic and does not speak in the human language. Max's barking and growling is provided by Frank Welker throughout his animated incarnations. [ citation needed] Breslauer, Jan (December 10, 1995). "Just Like a Fish to Water: Jodi Benson made a splash as the voice of Ariel in 'The Little Mermaid,' but she's really hitting her stride in musicals". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved June 1, 2016. Glover, Michaela (December 27, 2015). "Why Disney Female Villains Are Iconic Feminists". The Odyssey. Olympia Media Group . Retrieved April 26, 2016. Brooks, Larry (December 19, 2014). "Ernie Hudson To Play Poseidon On Once Upon a Time". deadline.com. Deadline . Retrieved February 3, 2015. Anthony D'Alessandro (November 16, 2022). " 'Disenchanted' Producer Barry Josephson On Why 'Enchanted' Sequel Went Straight To Disney+ – Crew Call Podcast". Crew Call with Anthony D'Alessandro (Podcast). Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved May 25, 2023.Evry, Max (December 10, 2020). "Little Mermaid Cast, Plus Pinocchio & Peter Pan Films Go to Disney+". Comingsoon.net . Retrieved December 11, 2020. On the concert stage, Benson has performed as a concert soloist with symphonies all over the world, including The Boston Pops, The Philly Pops (conductor: Peter Nero), The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (conductor: John Mauceri), The National Symphony (conductor: Marvin Hamlisch), Cleveland, Dallas, Tokyo, and the San Francisco and Chicago Symphonies. She starred in the Kennedy Center Honors for Ginger Rogers, and in Disney's Premiere in Central Park with Pocahontas, The Walt Disney World 25th Anniversary Spectacular and Disney's 100 Years of Magic. Benson is the resident guest soloist for the Walt Disney Company/Disney Cruise Line and ambassador for feature animation.
Melody performs one song in the film, "For a Moment", in which Ariel, voiced by Jodi Benson, also provides vocals.a b Ehrlich, David (October 19, 2015). "12 Scariest Moments in Kids' Films". Rolling Stone . Retrieved April 25, 2016.
On June 6, 2016, Benson performed the role of Ariel at the Hollywood Bowl's concert performance of The Little Mermaid. [13] She also made a special appearance in ABC's 2019 live musical spectacular The Little Mermaid Live! [14] Benson was originally going to reprise her role as Sam in the 2022 film Disenchanted, but her scene was cut from the movie. [15] She recently lent her voice to Ariel in the 2022 video game Disney Dreamlight Valley as well as singing as Ariel on various Disney Princess albums of the 2000s. From 1992 to 2011 she was the official voice of Barbie for Mattel and Pixar for projects such as Toy Story and Dance! Workout with Barbie, until the role was taken over by Kate Higgins starting with the series Life in the Dreamhouse. She is also a playable character in the PlayStation game, The Little Mermaid II, based on the two movies. Haring, Bruce (July 31, 2022). "Pat Carroll Dies: Veteran Actress Of Stage, TV, Film And Voice Of Ursula In 'The Little Mermaid' Was 95". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved July 31, 2022. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Hill, Jim (June 14, 2007). "Why (For) Pat Carroll wasn't actually Disney's first choice to voice Ursula in "The Little Mermaid" ". Jim Hill Media . Retrieved March 4, 2016. Pat Carroll was the voice actress of Ursula from 1989 to her death in 2022, with her final role as Ursula being posthumous in Disney Dreamlight Valley. [19] [20] [21] Carroll was not the filmmakers' first choice for the role; Clements, Musker and Ashman had long debated who should voice the villainess, [22] the casting of whom was long and tedious, spanning an entire year. [23] [24] In his book Makin' Toons: Inside the Most Popular Animated TV Shows and Movies, author Allan Neuwirth documented that the filmmakers searched "for just the right performer who could put across the deep-voiced, world-weary, deadpan villainess they had in mind–but never quite snaring their catch". [25] While Ashman was interested in actress Joan Collins because he was a fan of her performance as Alexis Colby in the soap opera Dynasty, [24] Clements and Musker favored actress Bea Arthur, for whom they had actually written the role, [3] describing Ursula as "having a Bea Arthur-type basso voice" in early drafts of their screenplay. [22] Clements and Musker fully expected Arthur to accept the role because she had already been working for Disney's Touchstone Television on the sitcom The Golden Girls. [24] However, Arthur's agent resented the directors-writers for insinuating that her client voice a witch, [24] refusing to even present the script to the actress. [22]Ursula is a main character in the 2016 young adult novel Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch by Serena Valentino. [82] [83] The novel is the third entry of the "Villains" series, a shared universe that crosses over various theatrical Disney films including Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Sleeping Beauty. In this novel, Ursula is King Triton's younger sister who was betrayed by him as a child for choosing a tentacled form instead of a mermaid's tail, and grew up as a human in the town of Ipswich with an adoptive human father. Ursula returned to the sea when her adopted father was killed by the townsfolk for protecting her, befriending Athena, Queen of Atlantica, but was denied her inheritance by Triton and banished to the shadows. Ursula conspires with three other witches to steal Triton's soul and become ruler of all the seas, but is ultimately defeated. [84]
Dudley (voiced by Dave Coulier) is an elderly sea turtle who also serves somewhat of an assistant to King Triton besides Sebastian. Dudley mumbles when he speaks and does not swim like other sea turtles in real life, instead he walks slowly along the sea floor like a land turtle and keeps important documents within his shell when he retracts his head. His conversation is always interrupted by his employer as he understands what the former is about to say.
In 2007, she played the secretary Sam in Disney's live-action/animated film, Enchanted. [10] Benson also played the Queen in a one-night concert version of Rodgers & Hammerstein 's Cinderella at the Nashville Symphony Orchestra in May 2010. [11]
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