Halle Bailey Explains Why She Felt "Pressure" Portraying Ariel in The Little Mermaid

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Halle Bailey Talks Pressure of Becoming Disney's Ariel

Halle Bailey is excited to beryllium portion of your world.  

In an exclusive interview with E! News astatine the D23 Expo, Halle shared her sentiments connected playing Ariel successful the caller mentation of Disney's The Little Mermaid. Visibly emotional, the vocalist said, "I'm truthful excited astir this film. You cognize being present contiguous is truthful surreal. I'm conscionable a instrumentality of each of the different projects and the information that I get to beryllium a portion of thing similar this. It's amazing."

The movie is already stirring up rather the buzz up of its merchandise adjacent year, and she understandably feels that the unit is on. "I decidedly deliberation that due to the fact that I emotion this movie truthful much, and I've treasured it since I was a small girl, I did enactment a spot of unit connected myself," she shared. "Just due to the fact that I privation to present each of the feels that I saw erstwhile I was a small girl."  

Now each grown up, that small miss has transformed into the Little Mermaid, saying she gave it her all. Halle noted, "Knowing that gave it my each and gave 110 percent into everything of this film, I americium truly arrogant of myself."   

And she should beryllium aft seeing the film's archetypal teaser astatine the Disney event. Her adorable absorption was each of us: As the 22-year-old enactment it, "Wow, it's truly good."

Directed by Rob Marshall, The Little Mermaid besides stars Melissa McCarthy arsenic Ursula, Javier Bardem arsenic King Triton, Daveed Diggs arsenic Sebastian, Awkwafina arsenic Scuttle and Jonah Hauer-King arsenic Prince Eric.

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The Little Mermaid premieres successful theaters connected May 26, 2023.

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