The Little Mermaid
Now , to be bonny , Dumbowasn’t precisely a smash , but there ’s no reason to consider it wo n’t be an outlier , asThe Lion Kinglooks poise to rivalAvengers : Endgamefor the deed of conveyance of 2019 ’s ultimate box role superstar . A remake ofLady and the Trampis also issue forth this year , and 2020 will see a new take onMulan . Earlier today , Disney ’s upcoming remake ofThe Little Mermaidadvanced one step closer to world , with thecasting of young actress and Isaac Bashevis Singer Halle Bailey as the new Ariel .
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Bailey ’s casting is already receiving some very predictable rebound , a lot of which is sadly concerned with Ariel being a redheaded Caucasic in the animatedLittle Mermaidthat ’s now congeal to be played by an African - American actress . That aside , one humourous expression of Bailey ’s casting promulgation was just how many peoplemisread the headline as being about Oscar - winner Halle Berry . This direct to perceivable confusedness . Since then , Berryhas react to the mixup with a Tweet get married her accompaniment for Bailey . Check it out below .
Since Berry , who latterly reminded audience of her notable star business leader inJohn Wick 3,has no apparent connection toThe Little Mermaidor Bailey ’s casting , one assumes she was either differentiate about or saw for herself some examples of people commingle her up with Bailey . With that in thinker , the above Tweet is likely intended both as an supporting message from a veteran actress of colour to an up - and - comer and a playful mocking of the muddiness revolving around their similar names .
At least unlike with some other ill-famed example of African - American actors being mistaken for each other - such as a legendarily awkward 2014 audience in which a newsman mistook Samuel " Nick Fury " Jackson for Laurence " Morpheus " Fishburne - there ’s clearly no likely racialism at play here . After all , their names are indisputably very tight when translate at a glimpse . Interestingly enough , Berry is n’t the only prominent actress to felicitate Bailey on play Ariel , asSpider - Man : Far From Home’sZendaya -herself previously rumor forThe Little Mermaid’slead role- alsomade it known that she supports the cast , as doesThe Flash’sCandice Patton .
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Source : Halle Berry / Twitter
