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Halle Bailey Unveils Magical Little Mermaid Poster
Harry Styles astir took an escapade nether the sea.
However, the "As It Was" vocalist yet chose to not prosecute the relation of Prince Eric successful live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. And arsenic the film's manager Rob Marshall explained, it was each owed to Harry wanting to beryllium portion of another world career-wise.
"We met with him. He was lovely. What a fantastic guy," Rob said successful an interrogation with Entertainment Weekly published April 4. "But astatine the extremity of the day, helium truly felt similar helium wanted to spell disconnected and bash the movies that helium ended up doing, which were benignant of darker."
Instead, Harry went connected to play Jack successful intelligence thriller Don't Worry Darling and Tom Burgess successful the queer romanticist drama My Policeman, some of which were released successful 2022. The Grammy victor didn't person a singing-focused relation successful either movie, which Rob said was an intentional move.
"For a batch of young philharmonic radical similar Harry, you're trying to carve your mode and you don't wanna beryllium seen arsenic a singer, necessarily," the Chicago director noted. "That's wherefore helium was truly looking to bash thing not successful the philharmonic genre, to truly agelong himself. It was truly a amusive thought to play with, but successful the end, I ever deliberation things hap for a reason. I'm truthful blessed to person 2 young, caller radical successful the film."
Ultimately, British histrion Jonah Hauer-King ended up nabbing the relation of Prince Eric opposite Halle Bailey's Ariel.
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And the Chloe x Halle vocalist couldn't beryllium much acceptable for viewers to spot the movie erstwhile it yet arrives successful theaters this spring.
"I americium acceptable for everyone to yet spot this film, for it to yet beryllium out," Halle told E! News astatine the 2023 Kids' Choice Awards. "We person worked connected it for a agelong time, we've been talking astir it for a agelong time, but present we're yet going to spot it and I'm conscionable grateful."
The Little Mermaid is retired successful theaters May 26.
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