'I'm just so excited to be a part of it.' Halle Bailey is not paying any attention to 'Little Mermaid' casting backlash:
While the announcement of Halle Bailey's groundbreaking casting as Ariel in Disney's upcoming live-action film"The Little Mermaid" was met with a lot of supportive feedback, it also brought in some backlash.
Diana Huey, the Asian American actress who played Ariel in the first national tour of"The Little Mermaid," shared her own story about some of the responses she faced when she was cast in the role. "Isn’t Ariel’s entire message about finding where she belongs, where she is her truest self, and where she feels full and accepted?" she added."Halle is going to make a beautiful Ariel, a powerful Ariel and an inspiring Ariel and I am so excited to watch her change the world with her performance as she helps continue to make our world a more loving, inclusive and open minded place," she continued.
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