Last week, Disney released a teaser trailer for the upcoming Little Mermaid live-action movie. Eager fans are excited to watch Halle Bailey play Ariel.
In the teaser, Bailey is seen swimming in the ocean to the Litle Mermaid’s secret grotto where she sings a few lines of “Part of Your World” from the 1989 animated Disney movie.
As soon as the teaser trailer dropped, fans responded with excitement.
Im literally crying. The little mermaid was my favorite movie as a child and I always played ariel when I was swimming. Seeing a black woman play her in the live action warms my entire heart so much i cant even express it. Love you so much Halle 🫶🏽🫶🏽 https://t.co/uzyL3yxC7I
— pur*ty (@minasvenus) September 9, 2022
y’all…we really just saw Halle as Ariel #myariel pic.twitter.com/HPU1qCixB1
— TLM enthusiast ❄️ (@be95_xx) September 10, 2022
ARE YOU HEARING THIS????????? HALLE BAILEY WAS BORN TO BE ARIEL! #TheLittleMermaid pic.twitter.com/WOwQJy3Pqf
— ken (@wandaslizzie) September 10, 2022
Halle Bailey as Ariel. She’s going to EAT this role up. Just wow. #TheLittleMermaid pic.twitter.com/oCAf3DJFZY
— alias (@itsjustanx) September 9, 2022
halle actually grew gills to sing at the bottom of the ocean! some of y'all are never this dedicated!
pic.twitter.com/CQSEpJdixU— Kota ✯ (@kotaaink) September 10, 2022
Still obsessed with Halle Bailey as Ariel. She’s STUNNING. #TheLittleMermaid pic.twitter.com/1a22E7g06i
— alias (@itsjustanx) September 10, 2022
and ykw i hope everyone who said Halle couldn’t be Ariel just cuz she wasn’t a ginger is miserable and fuming rn pic.twitter.com/6Yb54X48gn
— HEEDlE (@heyheedie) September 10, 2022
Halle is Ariel and there’s nothing you can do pic.twitter.com/spL3EIo3CP
— SAW BEYONCÉ (@heatedstalli) September 10, 2022
me on my way to the live-action little mermaid premiere pic.twitter.com/QyllxZGTzV
— zephyr (@zephyrmetalwing) September 10, 2022
However, there seem to be some people who for some reason take issue with it.
Here’s what Halle Berry had to say about all of the hate people are spewing online
And then this wonderful tweet to sum it all up
