Halle Bailey stars as Ariel in the live-action The Little Mermaid. The young actress and singer shared the first photo of the film, what we can’t wait for it to come out!
There are more and more adaptations of the greatest Disney cartoons in movies. Soon it is The little Mermaid that we can find in live-action on the big screen! Although no release date has yet been announced, on July 13, 2021, actress Halle Bailey, who plays the lead role, has indeed announced that filming has just ended by unveiling the first image of her. in Ariel.
This image preserves all the mystery that revolves around the reboot of The little Mermaid. The photo was taken against the light, so we can only see shadows. Halle Bailey is half-lying by the sea, among the rocks, the sun setting behind her. We still manage to distinguish its mermaid tail, partly submerged in water.
This shoot was very moving for the young actress and singer, known to be one of the members of the group Chloe x Halle that she forms with her sister, and who plays Skylar Forster in the series. Grown-ish. Indeed, Disney offered her her first major role by choosing her to play Ariel in The little Mermaid and she turned away from her relatives, in Sardinia (Italy). “From my audition for this movie was 18, on the verge of being 19, finishing shooting the movie during a pandemic, I’m now 21. We’ve finally made it.”, writes Halle Bailey. “I am so grateful to have been able to experience this film in all its glory. It has been the most difficult of the adventures to be away from everything and everyone I know, to experience the doubt, the loneliness, but also wonderful to feel so much freedom and perseverance at the end “, she adds.
Halle Bailey then thanked all the other cast members stating: “This experience made me much stronger than I ever thought possible. I’m grateful to have known so many lovely and talented people in this cast, like Jonah Hauer-King, Jacob Tremblay, Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy, Awkwafina and Daveed Diggs, who are masters of the craft but also so welcoming and open to the little me “. The actors she cited play in order Prince Eric, Polochon, King Triton, the sea witch Ursula, Eureka and Sébastien.