‘The Little Mermaid’ actor Halle Bailey responds to questioning: the role’s impact on black girls is immeasurable

Since the announcement of the live-action version of ‘The Little Mermaid’, the issue of casting has been controversial. Recently, in response to this issue, The Little Mermaid played by Halle Bailey responded to the casting questions.

Halle Bailey said she received encouragement from her grandparents, who had been racially abused all their lives, to understand the extraordinary meaning and impact it would have on black girls once they played the role.

She also said that looking back on the past, if the cartoon version of Ariel was a person of color, what would have inspired her as a child.

Disney’s new live-action film ‘The Little Mermaid’ is based on the classic 1989 animation of the same name, directed by Rob Marshall Halle Bailey as the heroine mermaid Ariel; Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric; Javier Bardem as Ariel’s father; Melissa McCarthy as the villain Ursula; Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafina as Ariel’s best friend Flounder and Seagull. Melissa McCarthy as the villain Ursula; Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafina as Ariel’s best friends Flounder and Seagull.

‘The Little Mermaid’ was announced to have been wrapped on July 13 last year and announced to be released in Northern America on May 26, 2023.

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