Uh, okay? Impressions: So… Girl plays the part of the villain so well that it traumatizes lesser actresses off the stage out of fear. The part she's playing? Ursula the sea witch. From The Little Mermaid. That's right. A supposed wannabe actress was so traumatized by two sentences from a script that she had […]
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