‘Black-ish’ star Yara Shahidi cast as Tinker Bell in Disney’s live-action ‘Peter Pan’
Black-ish star Yara Shahidi has been cast as Tinker Bell in Disney‘s upcoming live-action Peter Pan movie, Peter Pan And Wendy.According to Deadline, Shahidi, best known for her role as Zoey Johnson in the shows Black-ish and Grown-ish, has been tapped up to star as the tritagonist fairy in David Lowery’s reworking of Disney’s 1953 animated classic.Shahidi’s casting marks the first time a person of colour has filled the role that has traditionally been played by white actors.It follows the news that Halle Bailey, one-half of the R&B sister duo Chloe x Halle, will play Ariel in its live-action remake of 1989 animated classic The Little Mermaid.Shahidi joins Jude Law, who will play Captain Hook, as well as Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson,