Disney Revealed Who Will Play The Little Mermaid

Did you know this year marks the 30th anniversary of Little Mermaid? Yup, that’s right, it’s been that long since we first saw this Disney classic for the first time. Since then, it’s been announced in 2016 that they’re planning to do a live-action remake, but no further information was given. We’ve all been anxiously awaiting any news about the cast and finally, Disney decided that the 30th anniversary would be a pretty good time to announce who’s gonna play Ariel in the new remake. Our childhood favorite, Ariel The Little Mermaid will be played by no other than Halle Bailey. Does this align with your expectations?

Director of the movie, Rob Marshall said that “After an extensive search, it was abundantly clear that Halle possesses that rare combination of spirit, heart, youth, innocence, and substance – plus a glorious singing voice – all intrinsic qualities necessary to play this iconic role.” Pretty high praise, isn’t it? But we tend to agree, there’s just something very Ariel like about Halle and her singing voice won’t leave you disappointed.

For a while, there were rumours that maybe Zendaya would get the part and some of her fans were really hoping to see that happen, but turns out it was just a rumour. Plus we kind of assume she must be way to busy with Spiderman to take on The Little Mermaid.