Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey has said she is “in awe” of the reaction to the film’s trailer, which was released to the public on 10 September during Disney’s D23 fan expo.
Bailey, who plays Ariel in a live action remake of Disney’s successful 1989 animation, was responding to a Brazilian tweet captioned: “Compilation of the reaction of black children seeing Halle Bailey as Ariel in The Little Mermaid”. Bailey posted a message in response saying: “People have been sending these reactions to me all weekend and i’m in truly in awe … this means the world to me.”
