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Disney Finds 'Little Mermaid' Star in Singer Halle Bailey (THR)
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Doesn't scream Denmark! to me but maybe she'll be fine. Maybe they can give her more character.
Same here--was even about to ask if Berry ever had singing scenes.
Not familiar with Bailey's filmography, so there's no reason to suspect she won't do great with this role--the incoming meltdowns though, hoo-boy, I'm sticking my head under the sand with this one.
Annie, MJ, Triss, Jimmy Olsen, Starfire, now Ariel, and there are probably others I'm forgetting (because, honestly, I don't care about this sort of thing, it's just interesting to see).
I mean, it's not a runaway trend but I could see a case made to call it one, because it's an awfully specific group being recast as another specific group.
That Cinderella thing didn't bug me for the race change but I never cared for Brandy and the casting was all over the place anyway. A Filipino prince with a black mother and white father? What? Was he adopted? This on top of the step-sisters, IIRC, not looking related in the least, either.
lol that's true. Didn't make the connection until your comment.
I thought Zendaya would play Ariel. Anyway. I don't care for this film, as I didn't care for Aladdin.
As for the Lion King though, that's on a whole different level. Can't wait to see it.
Jimmy Olsen, Wally West, Hawkgirl, Iris West, Little Orphan Annie... Hollywood (and the comic book industry) is coming for the redheads.
A lot of these I totally forgot about, lol very amusing
It's absolutely a trend that's been going on for the last half decade or so. Very interesting, very funny, too.
Honestly, the casting makes sense. Because if you had told me that she and her sister were originally two mermaid princesses who convinced a sea witch to give them legs, I'd have believed you. Their harmonies are some of the most ethereal live singing I've ever heard...and at their age!!!
CONGRATS YOUNG LADY!
CONGRATS YOUNG LADY!
Would be cool to give her red hair (not ridiculously bright red as the movie) but whatever. I don't know if she can act but she can clearly sing and she's in the right age range and a uhhh "princess look".
Already are.
Pray for this poor woman's soul. The internet's going to eat her alive...
Don't know who she was, but I can picture the visual in my head with her in the Ariel look. Good luck to this film adaptation.
Don't know who she was, but I can picture the visual in my head with her in the Ariel look. Good luck to this film adaptation.
Would have preferred an actual redhead, but the pool, especially non-white redheads, is quite small. She's certainly a gifted and talented singer. Hopefully they do a decent job of it if they do go with a wig or dye job on her. Don't want another abomination like Archie from Riverdale.
Called it earlier in the week, that Zendaya wasn't getting the Ariel role. But I had also read somebody comment on social media that she had denied the Ariel casting recently in a comment herself.
I'm fine with it, since she's already been cast in my Dune.
And this Halle Bailey seems like such a cool casting, that I'm all in.
I'm fine with it, since she's already been cast in my Dune.
And this Halle Bailey seems like such a cool casting, that I'm all in.
I don't know, it's when changing a character's race makes the least sense. At least in Spiderman she's ostensibly a different character.
I'm gonna be reading this girls name as Halle Berry until the god damn movie comes out. You watch.
It would be amazing if they set the movie in... Jamaica and had Eric be Spanish or British. Or set it in Trinidad and the Prince can be pretty much any European nationality. Incorporate some colonialist themes. Ariel is now outwardly different for reasons she can't even comprehend. Eric is infatuated with her regardless. Maybe Ariel becomes invested in the lives of the indigenous people around her that are being subjugated.
Oh this is going to piss people off. I wonder what race Eric will be.
Lmao!!
I mean... Do we know she's not going to have red hair? She could easily dye it or wear a wig. It's not as if redheads who aren't white are unheard of.
Echoing the sentiment about being happy about getting a singer. Let's not have a repeat of autotune Belle...
Echoing the sentiment about being happy about getting a singer. Let's not have a repeat of autotune Belle...
Pretty good casting, I hope this means King Tritan is also black!
Then they can cast a white guy as the privileged prince, so it all works out.
Then they can cast a white guy as the privileged prince, so it all works out.
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could they not just change up the story to have both of these girls in the movie for more killer duets
This is the kind of take that is just as disturbing as the ones complaining about the race change. How about we hope for a world where there are no "racists" around to be racist. You think this woman is enjoying the usual alt right fucks spamming on twitter? I don't think she finds that shit funny even if she can block it all out.
Christ in hell that would be the WORST timeline, but there's no way Disney would ever approve of someone with her background not to mention she's not even a damn actress. If you can't tell I can't stand this girl
