Disney's Little Mermaid Star Reveals Her Reaction To First Footage
Ariel actress Halle Bailey shares her reaction to watching the first footage of her performance in Disney's upcoming live-action The Little Mermaid movie. Loosely based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen and released in 1989, The Little Mermaid is the latest iconic animated Disney property to receive a live-action makeover, following in the footsteps of Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Dumbo, and Mulan. The live-action Little Mermaid is directed by Mary Poppins Returns' Rob Marshall and features new songs with lyrics written by Encanto's Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Grown-ish star Halle Bailey leads the live-actionLittle Mermaid cast as Ariel alongside a star-studded supporting cast that includes Jonah Hauer-King as Eric, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, Javier Bardem as King Triton, and Jude Akuwudike as Grimsby. Voice-only roles include Hamilton's Daveed Diggs as Sebastian, Luca's Jacob Tremblay as Flounder, and Shang-Chi's Awkwafina as Scuttle. Like past adaptations of the popular fairy tale, the live-action Little Mermaid movie will find the young mermaid princess longing for a life on land with the dashing human prince, Eric.
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During an interview with ET on the BET Awards red carpet, Bailey opened up about her reaction to watching the first footage from The Little Mermaid. The Ariel actress admits to being moved to tears by the clips she saw of her performance due to her utter disbelief. She called the entire experience "very overwhelming" which makes her "really emotional just talking about it." Read what Bailey shared below:
I've seen little clips… and I cried the other day. Because I was like, «I don't understand how this
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