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The Little Mermaid: Halle Bailey exposes racist attacks after being cast as the protagonist

Halle Bailey, who plays Ariel, is the second black female lead in a Walt Disney Pictures film.

The singer and actress Halle Bailey talked about the racist attacks she received after being confirmed as the protagonist of the live-action of disney, The Little Mermaid (1989). In the original animation, the daughter of King Triton (Javier Barden) is originally white.

Halle Baileyinterpreter of arielis the second black female lead in a film by the Walt Disney Pictures. Anika Noni Rose voiced the character Tiana in The princess and the Frog (2009).

Bailey told in an interview with Variety how essential the family’s support was after the racist comments questioning the director’s decision Rob Marshall (The Return of Mary Poppins) over the lead role.

I want the little girl in me and the little girls like me who are watching to know that they are special and that they should be princesses in every way. There’s no reason they shouldn’t be. That assurance was something I needed.

Halle mentioned that the family was a source of inspiration during the character building process. For the link between ariel it’s the King Tritonthe 19-year-old mirrored her bond with her father.

“I always talked about how my father is as a reflection of the King Triton; he was always super protective of my sister and me,” he said. Halle. “That’s one of the things we love about him – the way he loves. When I had scenes with javier [Bardem]I took it from my experience with my own father: how deep this love is and how strong and protective they are.”

In addition, the actress stressed the importance of grandparents, who made her for the situation in another way – recalling misogynistic occasions that were victims throughout their lives.

It was an inspiring and beautiful thing to hear the words of encouragement saying to me, ‘Don’t you understand what this is doing for us, for our community, for all the black and brown girls who are going to see themselves in you?’


The Little Mermaid – What do we know about live-action from Disney?

the animated movie The Little Mermaidfrom 1989, is one of the most beloved productions of Walt Disney Pictures. version development live action started in 2015, with the announcement of the direction of Rob Marshall (The Return of Mary Poppins).

Halle Bailey leads the film accompanied by a cast full of stars such as: Melissa McCarthy (The Spy Who Knew Too Little) as Ursula, Daveed Diggs (Blind spot) as sebastião, Jacob Tremblay (Extraordinary) as Sole and awkwafina (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) as Seagull.

The musical also features the original composer Alan Menkenwho comes back on board next to Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton). the live action of The Little Mermaid It should debut in 2023.

Source: Rollingstone

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