Ariel’s New Song From The Little Mermaid ‘For The First Time’ Is About ‘Her Experience The Moment She Touched Down,’ Says Rob Marshall – Exclusive Image

Ariel’s New Song From The Little Mermaid ‘For The First Time’ Is About ‘Her Experience The Moment She Touched Down,’ Says Rob Marshall – Exclusive Image

original disney anime The little Mermaid features some of the most iconic songs from the studio’s long history (“Under The Sea”! “Part Of Your World”! “Kiss The Girl”!), Broadway legends Alan Menken and the great Howard Ashman. Which means providing new musical numbers for the live-action remake, directed by ChicagoRob Marshall is under all kinds of pressure. Fortunately, this task falls to Menken himself, teamed with Hamilton genius (e Mermaid super-mega-fan) Lin-Manuel Miranda to deliver a handful of new songs, fleshing out the journey of mermaid Ariel as she swaps her fins for feet.

One of those songs is a new Ariel number for star Halle Bailey, which gets to a pivotal point in the story, and as Marshall relates. Empire, is titled “For the first time”. “It’s about his experiences of him hitting the ground,” she reveals. “We needed to create a number that could work almost like a montage, to be able to bring her this experience: to come down to earth, what it’s like to put on shoes, to have legs”. And because it’s everything Ariel dreamed of, but also something daunting and new, the song hopes to capture all those emotions. “Everyone has a different experience, she’s both wonderful and terrifying,” says Marshall.

From the beginning, it was clear to the director that Bailey was the perfect choice to play this version of Ariel. “There was an innocence and a purity to it [Halle] besides having fire,” he says. “It was this weird combination. And, of course, that beautiful voice. Get ready to hear “For the First Time” when it enters our world this summer.

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Light EmpireIs full The little Mermaid story, talking to Rob Marshall about creating a new version of Ariel, in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse issue, on sale Thursday 16 March. become a Empire member now to access the full issue on release day, or pre-order the number online now here. The little Mermaid arrives in UK cinemas from 26 May.

Source: EmpireOnline

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