“The Little Mermaid”The Dolby Theatre, HollywoodUnder the sea and back to Hollywood in a whole new way! At the world premiere of Walt Disney’s live-action adaptation of “The Little Mermaid” a crowd of excited fans helped make the atmosphere electric, cheering on the stars and their friends who walked the blue carpet.
Adorned with shimmering seashell decorations and with the sounds of Caribbean music filling the air, the joyful feeling immersed everyone in the world of the film.“The Little Mermaid” herself, Halle Bailey, wowed in a shimmery sea-blue gown that evoked Ariel, while Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Art Malik, Awkwafina and director Rob Marshall gathered for the celebration.
TheWrap caught up with Melissa McCarthy (who plays the much-loved musical’s iconic octopus villain Ursula), to discuss the backlash that African-American star Bailey experienced when cast as Ariel, who is white in the animated classic. “We are spinning in this world where what we don’t see in the mirror is somehow scary to us and it’s insane,” McCarthy said. “It gets us nowhere.
It damages our children. If you look out and say, ‘what don’t I know and how lucky I am to get to know it and expand my world,’ we would all be such better people.” Latino Oscar winner Javier Bardem, who plays Ariel’s father King Triton in the film, also had some words to those who were giving Halle backlash for being a “Little Mermaid” who is not light-skinned. “Do kids care?
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