Atlantica wrote:I think she is such a generic and bland actress ( much as Emma Watson was as Belle ) that the role of Ariel won't translate at all to the screen. She will get lost in the CGI festival that it is sure to become. I think the only Princess live action so far where there heroine hasn't got lost is Cinderella, in my opinion.
I've said it before; I don't want Mermaid to be the film experimented on. Leave it well alone as it's classic as it is. Yes, there are faults a-plenty but as a whole, the film manages to overcome them. Can you think of many films where the lead loses her voice for more than half the movie, but still remains absolutely beloved by generation after generation ? This is what Mermaid does to people, and I don't want it to be bogged down by all this other stuff
Why not someone who isn't a screen / TV star, but from Broadway ? Like Samantha Barks for the Les Mis movie.
Cinderella is definitely the only princess who I felt truly shined in her film. A large part of that was probably because Lily James was cast on merit and talent rather than fame and name. So glad that Emma Watson refused the part of Cinderella. More than likely the glass slippers would have been replaced with those clunky boots she wore as Belle if she had taken the role.
Not only am I worried about the casting and musical direction for Mermaid, but I'm also expecting big changes with the plot. Ariel gets so much flack out of the post Walt-era princesses for giving up her voice and deforming a part of her body all for a man and when Belle get such an "update" to make her more feminist, I can't see Disney standing by and not "updating" Ariel.
I haven't seen her in anything outside of Les Mis, but she was one of the most moving characters in the film. I loved Barks so I wouldn't mind seeing her as Ariel.
DisneyFan09 wrote:JeanGreyForever wrote:I mean Emma Watson was not able to pull off Belle imo so I don't have much hope for any actress that Disney hires for Ariel. Especially if they're just going for big names rather than amount of talent.
I was never fond of Emma Watson as Belle (as I've ranted about it priorly), but despite her lackluster performance, Watson is not nearly as untolerable and full of herself as Zendaya. Casting Zendaya would've been a huge insult.
I love Emma Watson as a humanitarian and for her philanthropy work, but I find her more insufferable as an actress than Zendaya. Mainly because she seems to always play the same role and she's praised for it always. Zendaya has never outright bothered me but I don't really watch her in interviews and stuff. I always thought she was down-to-earth but maybe she isn't.
I also find it interesting that while Disney is looking for more POC to cast, they're mainly looking at black actresses (it seems anyway). What about the Hispanic and Asian actresses? I know that an Asian actress got a lot of controversy online for playing Ariel on stage recently so this would be a great way to address that as well if they cast an Asian actress in the role. Crazy Rich Asians has been a huge hit and a sequel has already been confirmed so clearly Asian stars can fill seats. On top of that, there's all the racist and sexist hate that Kelly Marie Tran (now known as Loan) got for playing Rose in Star Wars so hiring an Asian actress as Ariel would be very empowering. Not to mention that it's important to note that Asian people aren't just Chinese. They can be Vietnamese, Japanese, Indian, Malaysian, Pakistani, Bengali, etc.