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“The Little Mermaid” director addresses racist backlash
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12/21/2022
“The Little Mermaid” director: There was “no agenda” when casting Halle Bailey as Ariel.
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The Little Mermaid director Rob Marshall addressed the racist backlash Halle Bailey
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has faced since being cast as Ariel. He said there was no agenda during the casting and
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that they auditioned every ethnicity for the role before deciding on singer Halle Bailey.
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The goal, he explained, was to find someone quote, incredibly strong, passionate, beautiful,
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smart, clever, and with a great deal of fire and joy. Marshall said Bailey had all of those
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qualities plus the voice needed for the role of Ariel. Quote, that voice is something that is
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so signature and so ethereal and so beautiful that it captures the heart of Eric and he looks
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for her for the entire film. When Disney announced the casting for their live action remake many
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praised Bailey for landing the lead role given her vocal abilities and for the representation
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it would bring. Quote, I wasn't anticipating that because in a way I felt like we've moved
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so far past that kind of thing but then you realize in a way we haven't. It was very moving
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for me to see how important this kind of casting is for the world, Marshall said.
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