Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.

My thanks as always for clicking and listening along.

I am so very excited to bring my conversation this week with the hilarious Melissa McCarthy.

Melissa and I got together at Tavern on the Green on Central Park in New York City to talk

about her role in the highly anticipated new live action adaptation of the Little Mermaid.

She plays the villain Ursula the Sea Witch.

It is a dream role for her.

She told the director she would do whatever it takes to get the part including to cook

for craft services.

Turns out she didn't need to do that.

They were very excited to hear she was interested and she got the part.

I'm not going to give you a long wind up on Melissa McCarthy.

You know her.

You love her.

She is funny in movies but so naturally funny in a conversation too as you're about

to be reminded.

We did go on a little petty cab ride that is to say the two of us around Central Park

in the back while a nice gentleman peddled us around.

Let's call it two miles maybe 30 minutes of chat.

You'll hear that coming up in just a bit.

But first our conversation about this movie, about her career, about what she's been

up to and about a lot of random stuff because that's what happens when you sit down with

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