De casting van actrice Halle Bailey als Ariel in Disneys live-action The Little Mermaid-remake heeft veel emoties losgemaakt online.

Zo dachten sommigen aanvankelijk dat het om actrice Halle Berry ging.

I can't be the only person who saw news that "Halle Bailey is The Little Mermaid" and got very confused because my mind misspelled her last name to make it read "Halle Berry is The Little Mermaid," right?

— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) July 3, 2019

Halle Berry is boutta be real confused at all the "Congrats on The Little Mermaid!" messages heading her way.

— @alishagrauso.bsky.social (@AlishaGrauso) July 3, 2019

at first I read Halle Berry not Halle Bailey but either way: pic.twitter.com/jNkLKZOgTd

— 3.0 (@JulianStephen) July 3, 2019

Berry reageerde zelf heel enthousiast, net als Spider-Man: Far From Home-actrice Zendaya. Nochtans was ze volgens de geruchten zelf ooit in de running voor de rol.

In case you needed a reminder… Halles get it DONE. Congratulations @chloexhalle on this amazing opportunity, we can’t wait to see what you do! #TheLittleMermaid #HalleBailey pic.twitter.com/z0Rik2nxRe

— Halle Berry (@halleberry) July 3, 2019

Yeeeeessss!! Here for thiiiissss!! @chloexhalle ♥️♥️🙌🏽🙌🏽 https://t.co/8hpuSKb4rD

— Zendaya (@Zendaya) July 3, 2019

Anderen vrezen dan weer dat er veel kritiek zal komen op de zwarte Bailey omdat Ariel in de originele animatiefilm blank is.

I await the fake outrage over a woman of color "replacing" a fictional white Disney princess who lives in the water. Disney’s Live-Action ‘Little Mermaid’ Casts Halle Bailey as Ariel https://t.co/MtbNqiZk9Z via @variety

— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) July 3, 2019

Disney has cast Halle Bailey as Ariel for the Little Mermaid live action film and I’m just here to see who will be mad. Bc I know some of you will be and I’m excited pic.twitter.com/K9OiHGkXLf

— valerie complex (@ValerieComplex) July 3, 2019

Me and my mutuals defending Halle from racist disney fans https://t.co/cWLfnd4FbS

— victoria ✌🏾 (@blkxstyles) July 3, 2019

Tot slot ziet Bailey het alvast helemaal zitten:

https://twitter.com/chloexhalle/status/1146509551497170944

Bron: EW