'The Little Mermaid's Halle Bailey Learned To Swim With An Actual Mermaid Tail But Only Used It For These Scenes!
justjared.comHalle Bailey put in the work to play Ariel in The Little Mermaid. For the 23-year-old actress, that meant learning from real synchronized swimmers (and maybe a professional mermaid) about just how to swim in a mermaid tail.
However, it turns out that it might not have been needed. Keep reading to find out more… While speaking with The Wrap, Halle says that she spent the months before going to London learning from the swimmers. “The process of working with the [mermaid] tail was an unforgettable one,” she says. “I remember before going to London, I actually had this beautiful training session with these amazing synchronized swimmers that would come to my house every Sunday.” Halle learned how to use the tail with ease, however, when she got to London, didn’t actually end up using one. “When I actually got on set, there was a lot of it on blue screen where I did not have to wear the tail [so] the stunt team just kind of pasted my two legs together [and] in post[-production] they put the tail on,” she revealed.
Apparently, the only scenes that weren’t a CGI mermaid tail, were the ones when Ariel is on the shore. Be sure to stream The Little Mermaid soundtrack that was just released!
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