During an interview with Sky News’s Backstage podcast, the award-winning movie director mentioned his resolution to solid singer Halle Bailey as Ariel within the new live-action model of The Little Mermaid. “When we cast her there was no agenda, we weren’t looking for a woman of colour, we saw every ethnicity for the role – we just wanted to find the best Ariel.” Rob Marshall / Sky News’s Backstage podcast. “That was all we cared about and she was the one, it was just so clear, and so I thought these people are so small-minded…”
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