An unexpected decision: a black singer will play the Disney Little Mermaid
How many of us are not familiar with the image of the little mermaid Ariel from the Disney cartoon of the same name? She has long brown hair and soft, fair skin. But now this stereotype has collapsed - Disney has decided to introduce a new mermaid image - and the new Ariel will be black.
A black actress and singer was invited to play the role of Ariel in the game remake of the animated "The Little Mermaid" Holly Bailey.
The director of the new project, Rob Marshall, noted that they had been looking for a long time and painstakingly, held dozens of castings, but once it became quite obvious that it is Holly who has "the necessary combination of spirit, heart, youth for the heroine", and besides, she is the owner beautiful voice, and will be able to sing in the picture herself.
Holly is an R&B singer performing in the Chloe x Halle duet, produced by Beyoncé herself. She will appear in the movie for the first time.
A new film with an unusual and unusual Little Mermaid will become a film adaptation of an old and well-known cartoon that was released back in 1989. A gentle romantic story of love and self-sacrifice has become one of the favorites not only for children, but also for adults.
Based on the "Little Mermaid" and in this style, weddings, parties, hen parties are held.
Along with the black singer in the film will be filmed Jacob Tremblay, known for the movie "Predator". He will get the role of the Flounder fish, and Melissa McCarthy will play the role of the witch Ursula.
Disney's experiments with black actors recently failed - viewers of the trailer for The Lion King, which will soon be released and will also become a film version of an old favorite cartoon, were criticized to smithereens for the fact that there are too many blacks in it.
But in the case of the Lion King, this just should not be surprising - the fairy tale still takes place in Africa, and therefore everything is logical.Whether the experiment with the dark-skinned Little Mermaid, which has nothing to do with Africa, will be successful, only time will tell. And, of course, the premiere. It is scheduled for next year.
