Halle Bailey Cried Seeing Black Girls’ Reactions To ‘Little Mermaid’

Halle Bailey says she was dropped at tears upon seeing younger Black ladies’ reactions to her position as Ariel within the live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid.”

In a latest interview with Glamour, Halle opened up about seeing the response movies to the movie’s prolonged trailer.

“When I saw those for the first time, I just cried,” she informed the journal. “I was sobbing uncontrollably. The fact that these babies are looking at me and feeling the emotions that they’re feeling is a really humbling, beautiful thing.”

Halle Says Seeing The Reactions ‘Heals Something’ Within Her

She mentioned of the trailer’s early reception:

“When I watch the babies react and they’re proud of me and they’re happy with how [the movie] looks, I’m just so happy with that reaction. It almost heals something within me and my spirit.”

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Halle informed the outlet that as youngsters, she and her sister Chlöe idolized Beyonce and Destiny’s Child. But there wasn’t sufficient illustration in movie and tv mirroring the sisters, she mentioned.

The 2009 Disney animated movie The Princess and the Frog did it for Halle, particularly Black actress and singer Anika Noni Rose as Tiana.

“I know how much of that movie changed my whole perspective on life,” she says. “Wow, this is possible. Black princesses are possible. We deserve to take up these spaces too.”

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Celebs Offered Sneak-Peak Of Live-Action ‘Little Mermaid’ Remake, Film To Hit Theaters This Friday

Halle’s debut movie premiered to unique audiences in Hollywood earlier this month to a lot anticipation. Meanwhile, the higher public has needed to wait a bit longer to observe it. However, a number of celebrities, together with Offset, Kelly Rowland, and Chlöe Bailey, have been personally invited to an unique early screening.

“The Little Mermaid” hits theaters Friday (May 26), in accordance with USA Today.