The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)

[Farerb]

The casting process for Prince Eric is nothing compared to Scarlett O'Hara or Harry Potter.

[JeanGreyForever]

The casting process for Prince Eric is nothing compared to Scarlett O'Hara or Harry Potter.

It certainly feels like it with how long they've been dragging it out lol. But you're right.

[Disney's Divinity]

So far, the names I’ve heard mentioned were looked at that I’ve liked is Timothee Chalamet, Harry Styles, and Cameron Cuffe plus Graham Phillips who played Eric in the show last night and Darren Criss who played Eric at the Hollywood Bowl, I think. And since Chalamet and Styles both probably don’t want this, they should go with Cuffe, Phillips, or Criss. Cuff or Criss would be my preference, but Phillips would be okay.

Funny how they’re only looking at white guys for Eric and only looked at black girls for Ariel. Why not just look at everyone and pick the best person if you want to be colorblind? Or did they want an interracial romance on purpose? That would've been fine, appropriate even since Ariel being in love with human was a horror for Triton in the same vein as a racist finding out his daughter is dating a black man, but in that case wouldn't it have made more sense for Ariel to be the white one and Eric the black one since she was the one with, you know, red hair?

[thedisneyspirit]

A lot of people out there don't support interracial couples, especially when the man is the POC and the woman is white. Disney is playing hard to be woke (except when it comes to China, which makes me wonder how this film'll sell over there- Star Wars was edited because they didn't care for Finn), but even they get cold feet at the idea of a woman not lusting after a white man.

[JeanGreyForever]

A lot of people out there don't support interracial couples, especially when the man is the POC and the woman is white. Disney is playing hard to be woke (except when it comes to China, which makes me wonder how this film'll sell over there- Star Wars was edited because they didn't care for Finn), but even they get cold feet at the idea of a woman not lusting after a white man.

Only one of the posters for TFA was edited which was back in 2015. And the massive success of Black Panther in China goes to show that Disney probably isn't pandering to China in that respect anymore. Finn certainly hasn't been photoshopped or minimized from the latest TROS poster.

[thedisneyspirit]

Are you sure? In a news website one Chinese user called her "is this mermaid from the Somali sea?"...Which, huh, let's hope that's not the reaction of many people then if they want the film to succeed.

[Disney's Divinity]

A lot of people out there don't support interracial couples, especially when the man is the POC and the woman is white. Disney is playing hard to be woke (except when it comes to China,

So true. They’ll bend right over when it comes to catering to China—just look at how they're mauling Mulan.

[JeanGreyForever]

Are you sure? In a news website one Chinese user called her "is this mermaid from the Somali sea?"...Which, huh, let's hope that's not the reaction of many people then if they want the film to succeed.

How is that any different from the racist idiots in the US or any other country for that matter? Broadly generalizing a whole country like that isn't much better and clearly Disney doesn't feel that a black Ariel will hurt their box office in foreign countries like China. If they really were blindly pandering to China (or whoever) then Ariel would have been white or even Chinese.

[blackcauldron85]

I don't think this has been posted, although I vaguely remember something similar??
Harry Styles wants to tour and a movie filming takes too long:
https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a2967 ... rned-down/

[Sotiris]

Why does nobody want this role?

Nick Jonas was at one point considered for the Prince Eric role, however he passed.

Source: https://i.imgur.com/9cSH2rq.jpg

From what I heard Nick Jonas was approached around the same time Harry Styles was.

Source: https://i.imgur.com/NDWsCE0.jpg

[JeanGreyForever]

Nick Jonas too? Wow, they're really trying to get some big names for this role. Wonder why they aren't as comfortable with a relatively unknown actor for Eric like with Ariel.

[Disney's Divinity]

I would've loved Nick Jonas! I wish they'd just pick some random so we can move past the inevitable disappointment already.

[blackcauldron85]

I wonder if it's too soon for Nick to work with Disney again, since he and his brothers wanted to be seen as more than Disney stars...

[UmbrellaFish]

Nick would have been a good A-list replacement for Styles— better, in fact. He would have been cute, too. Ah well.

[Sotiris]

We're getting a King Triton song!


Source: https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/1 ... 679573509/

[Disney's Divinity]

They could be re-working the "If Only" Quartet and its reprise.

[UmbrellaFish]

Hrmmm.... interesting. Does Bardem sing? If not, I suppose they could write something within his range or something he could speak-sing.

[JeanGreyForever]

Hrmmm.... interesting. Does Bardem sing? If not, I suppose they could write something within his range or something he could speak-sing.

I forgot, was he officially confirmed or has his casting just been rumored all this time?

[UmbrellaFish]

I think the only people to have been announced by Disney are Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, and Halle Bailey. All the other names keep getting reported in the trades anyway, and in Bardem’s case, didn’t he give an interview where he said he’s pushing for an environmentalist message in this movie?

Bardem and McCarthy are the biggest names supposedly attached to this so far and I wonder if they’re holding back on finalizing their contracts until they cast Eric, who may or may not be an A-List name, too.

[Disney's Divinity]

Oh, I thought Bardem was official? I don't think most people will care if he sounds horrible. I doubt Triton's going to have a big solo.