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Post by veu on May 13, 2023 5:16:34 GMT -5
Source: YoutubeThe Little Mermaid cast Soundbites interviews (Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer King, Melissa McCarthy etc)
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12 mag 2023 #thelittlemermaid #hallebailey #ariel
Cast interviews: Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer king, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Jacob Tremblay , Awkwafina, and Daveed Diggs. Director/Writer Rob Marshall and Writer John DeLuca, Alan Menken
All footage belongs to Walt Disney studios.
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Post by veu on May 13, 2023 5:17:41 GMT -5
Source: YoutubeHalle Bailey & Jonah Hauer-King Interview: The Little Mermaid
Screen Rant Plus 12 mag 2023
Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King discuss expanding Eric's role, working with legendary composers, and kids' reactions to Halle in The Little Mermaid.
The Little Mermaid arrives in theaters on May 26.
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Post by veu on May 13, 2023 5:18:24 GMT -5
Source: YoutubeMelissa McCarthy & Javier Bardem Interview: The Little Mermaid
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12 mag 2023
The Little Mermaid stars Melissa McCarthy and Javier Bardem discuss a cut song, pitch a potential Ursula spin-off, and gush about working with Disney legends.
The Little Mermaid arrives in theaters on May 26.
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Post by veu on May 13, 2023 7:52:30 GMT -5
Source: screenrant.com/the-little-mermaid-halle-bailey-jonah-hauer-king-interview/?utm_content=bufferb88a4&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=SR-TW&utm_campaign=SR-TWHalle Bailey & Jonah Hauer-King Interview: The Little Mermaid
BY JOE DECKELMEIER PUBLISHED 17 HOURS AGO
Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King discuss expanding Eric's role, working with legendary composers, and kids' reactions to Halle in The Little Mermaid.
Disney continues its streak of adapting hit animated classics into live-action epics with The Little Mermaid. Ariel, the youngest daughter of King Triton, is infatuated with the surface world, but mermaids are forbidden from exploring it due to the dangers of humans. However, Ariel breaks the rules and saves Prince Eric, whom she falls in love with. After a confrontation with her father, Ariel turns to the sea witch Ursula for help. Offered the opportunity to trade her voice for legs with which to explore the human world, she strikes a bargain that could have deadly consequences for both humans and mermaids alike.
The Little Mermaid is directed by Rob Marshall and written by David Magee. Legendary composer Alan Menken returned to write new songs for The Little Mermaid alongside producer Lin-Manuel Miranda. The Little Mermaid stars Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jonah Hauer-King, and Jacob Tremblay.
Screen Rant spoke with Bailey and Hauer-King about starring in The Little Mermaid. Bailey expressed her joy at the reactions of young girls seeing her as Ariel and working with legendary composers Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Hauer-King discussed Eric's new backstory while honoring what fans love about the animated version.
Halle Bailey & Jonah Hauer-King on The Little Mermaid
Ariel and Prince Eric in a boat looking up in The Little Mermaid
Screen Rant: Phenomenal job on this film! You guys brought these characters to life. Halle, I love seeing the reaction of young girls, young women, especially when they see you as Ariel. What does that mean to you when you see their reaction?
Halle Bailey: It means the world to me to see these lovely reactions, specifically from the babies and the children. It just warms me up, fills me with so much joy, and makes me feel like this is all for a reason. There's purpose in this. I had amazing role models before me, like Brandy as Cinderella and Anika Noni Rose as Princess Tiana. So, to join them as one of the Disney princesses, is an immense blessing for me. The reactions are what keep me going.
Jonah, I love what they do with Eric in this movie. He actually has a storyline and even a song. What did you learn about yourself through playing Eric, and what was your favorite part about playing this version of Eric?
Jonah Hauer-King: The thing that I loved about him this time around is that I was really understanding him as a person and on a human level. I think the archetype of the prince is fine. We all love him and we all love the character in the cartoon, but I think in the live action version we needed to know more. We wanted to have some more complexity for him. We wanted to understand who he was and what he wanted. He felt quite lost when we meet him, he's longing for something else, and he's longing for something bigger. I think that's ultimately what connected [Ariel and Eric]. So that was a great challenge, finding all of those layers to him.
There's also a few new songs in this film as well. You guys got to work with two legendary composers, Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Can you talk to me about your experience working with them?
Halle Bailey: As a singer, and musician, I feel so inspired by them. Particularly, Alan Menken is just a legend. He's a living legend, and being able to sing the songs that he has written so beautifully it was an honor. The singer in me was screaming with glee. wanted to do these songs justice from the work Jodi Benson did so beautifully.
I felt like I just had to give it my all because of the beautiful work that was left for us. I just really went into that, with the mindset. Me and Jonah had a beautiful opportunity to sing in front of this 100 piece orchestra that was recording strings the day we got to go in and record our vocals over these new scores of the songs. It was just a dream.
Jonah, the characters are so beloved. They capture the essence of the characters so well in this film, but you guys do such a great job of making them your own. Can you talk about the balance of making Eric your own in this film, but also paying respects to what people know from the original Little Mermaid?
Jonah Hauer-King: Firstly, a lot of that came in the writing. A lot of it came from a lot of what was going on around me. So costume, the production design, and the script. Things that were bringing Eric to life in a way that we really knew him already and recognized. Then it was about talking to Rob our director. So what are the qualities we liked about him? He was charming, he was charismatic, he was strong, and he was a sailor.
And so we wrote all of those things into the script, but I think it was also about finding his sensitivity as well. And also not showing him as this guy who's got it all sorted out. I think he's someone who does feel lost, and doesn't like being behind the four walls of the castle. He wants more. He wants adventure. He wants to explore. So we just needed to try and bring that to life. Basically it came from, as I said before, connecting with him as a person. Not thinking of him too much just as a Disney prince, but as a human being.
This is a unique project, because not only is it a fantastic musical, but there also has to be a lot of CG involved. Can you talk about the technical aspects of shooting this film, and what Rob's directing style added to The Little Mermaid?
Halle Bailey: There were definitely a lot of technical aspects when it came to this film, because a lot of it we had to imagine. We had to imagine the world that was going to be painted in after we did the work. Rob Marshall is such a visionary and perfectionist that it was clear the direction that he wanted from us. It was beautiful because on the first day of rehearsals we came in to this amazing walkthrough set up by him where it literally looked like a Disney World adventure ride where you could walk in.
You could see pieces of fabric of what the clothes would look like and illustrations of what they wanted my Ariel to look like. Sets that were drawn out and built as little Legos they had of the "Kiss The Girl" scene and the boat. We were just so stunned and grateful to see this vision that was in his head. I think that's what makes him just a great director because he is that passionate about his work and allowed us to do this.
There's an interesting line that Eric says in the movie about being a prince, that he wasn't born into this. Can you talk to me about Eric's backstory in this version a little bit more?
Jonah Hauer-King: Ultimately it was because he has such a passion for the ocean, and we wanted to understand where that came from. One of the reasons was, we decided, that he was basically part of a shipwreck as a baby and was found on the beach.
He was taken in by the royal family and was brought up by his parents. I think it gave some insight into why he might feel a little bit out of place and a bit lost. I think it made him feel like that's why he's so connected to the ocean because that's sort of where he came from. They found him from the ocean, and that's where he wants to get back to.
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Post by veu on May 13, 2023 7:54:57 GMT -5
Source: screenrant.com/the-little-mermaid-melissa-mccarthy-javier-bardem-interview/Melissa McCarthy & Javier Bardem Interview: The Little Mermaid
BY JOE DECKELMEIER PUBLISHED 16 HOURS AGO
The Little Mermaid stars Melissa McCarthy & Javier Bardem discuss a cut song, pitch a potential Ursula spin-off, and gush about working with legends.
The Little Mermaid is Disney's latest live-action adaptation of an animated classic. The film follows King Triton's youngest daughter, Ariel, who is enamored with the human world even though her father has dubbed it off-limits to mermaids. Breaking the rules, Ariel saves and falls in love with Prince Eric, leading to a heated confrontation with her father. Heartbroken Ariel turns to Ursula, the sea witch, for help and strikes a deal, trading her voice for legs that will allow her to find Eric and explore the surface world. However, this bargain will have dangerous consequences for both worlds above and below the water.
Rob Marshall collaborates with Disney once again, directing The Little Mermaid based on a script penned by David Magee. Alan Menken, who scored and co-wrote the music to the animated movie, returns as composer on The Little Mermaid and wrote new songs for the live-action adaptation with producer Lin-Manuel Miranda. The Little Mermaid features a star-studded cast led by Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jonah Hauer-King, and Jacob Tremblay.
McCarthy and Bardem spoke with Screen Rant about starring in The Little Mermaid. Bardem revealed details about a cut King Triton song and pitched an Ursula spin-off, while McCarthy shared a hilarious story about working with Menken and Miranda as well as insight into Ursula.
Melissa McCarthy & Javier Bardem on The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid live-action Melissa McCarthy Ursula using Magic
Screen Rant: Seven-year-old me is freaking out that we got to see King Triton and Ursula onscreen, and they look so fantastic. Melissa, can you talk about balancing Ursula's comedy and her sinister side in this film?
Melissa McCarthy: It's what I try to do with any character. Comedy [or] drama I really never think about it. I just think about the character and the story. But for her, she is such a complicated character. I think she's so funny. There's wit, there's manipulation. She's a great broad and at the same time, I have to think about what armor does she put in? And I don't think her mental health is great.
I think she's been isolated. She's shunned from her family. She's been alone. She's not been offered a family of her own or anything. I think the revenge and the mania of her became really real. Keeping all of her parts I think it's what makes people and characters great. It's all that messiness, and you wrap it up in one package. Then you really have somebody, I really fell for and I had great compassion for her
Javier, during the press conference yesterday, Rob, John, and Alan said that you actually had a song in the film. Can you tell me what that song was originally about?
Javier Bardem: It's called "Impossible Child." It's an original song from Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda. We worked very hard on doing it. It was a beautiful process and a very scary one as we both know, but always accompanied by the amazing talent around you. It was shot. It is beautifully shot, but it's true that in terms of how the character ends the story if the song was included it would have changed a little bit what the end for the character is. It's gonna be released as an extra when the movie comes out.
There we go! Home entertainment release!
Melissa McCarthy: Everybody said it was amazing! So, I'm dying to see it.
The music in this is phenomenal. Melissa, you got to work with two amazing legendary composers Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alan Menken. Can you talk to me about your experience?
Melissa McCarthy: First of all, that's a lot of pressure. I'm in such awe of both of them. Who isn't? I can't even think of it in terms of living up to it because you're like, I just don't want to fail you. I don't want to take your magic work, and then be like, "I'm sorry about that." And at one point really early on. I was still just rehearsing. So this is the very first time we went there for five weeks to rehearse some stuff. They both popped in. They're both delightful humans. They're so nice. They're really chatty.
They both popped in and a full sweat started. I was like, [terrified smile]. And they're like, "Hey!" We chatted and they said, "Do you want us to just hang out and stay with you for the rehearsal?" I think Lin was asking, the full sentence wasn't out yet. And I was like, "No!, No I don't! I can't think of anything worse! I can't think of anything that would make me... I'm almost having a heart attack. Just talking to you guys. I'm not ready to sing for you. Oh my god. I'm sorry. I said it so quickly" I couldn't take it back. And they just kind of laughed and were like "We're gonna go then." I'm like, "Bye!" It's like oh my god!
Javier Bardem: I don't blame you.
Melissa McCarthy: Could you imagine? I was like, "Get out of here."
Javier, your characters have an interesting family dynamic. Is that something you'd like to see explored in another either Disney film or Disney+ show?
Javier Bardem: I'm asking for the spin-off of Ursula? What are you waiting for?
Melissa McCarthy: Yes. Come on! Siblings. Call it Squidlings.
Squiblings!
Javier Bardem: And then because we are siblings we could have a Christmas party seeing what I'm having some dinner with her.
Melissa McCarthy: It writers itself Disney. Come on!
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Post by veu on May 16, 2023 15:57:12 GMT -5
Source: YoutubeAwkwafina & Jacob Tremblay Interview: The Little Mermaid
Screen Rant Plus
15 mag 2023
The Little Mermaid stars Awkwafina and Jacob Tremblay discuss working with Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda during the recording process.
The Little Mermaid arrives in theaters on May 26.
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Post by veu on May 16, 2023 15:58:14 GMT -5
Source: YoutubeRob Marshall & John DeLuca Interview: The Little Mermaid
Screen Rant Plus
15 mag 2023
Director Rob Marshall and producer John DeLuca discuss honoring the original Little Mermaid, working with Alan Menken, and mermaid mythology.
The Little Mermaid arrives in theaters on May 26.
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Post by veu on May 16, 2023 15:58:57 GMT -5
#HalleBailey is touched to be a role model for young Black children as #Ariel in #TheLittleMermaid
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Post by veu on May 16, 2023 16:00:50 GMT -5
Jonah Hauer-King explains why he loves live-action #PrinceEric in #TheLittleMermaid #shorts
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Post by veu on May 17, 2023 17:07:32 GMT -5
Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/little-mermaid-halle-bailey-and-jonah-hauer-king-1235493365/‘The Little Mermaid’ Stars Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King on Recreating Ariel’s Hair Flip, Singing Live and Prince Eric’s Dangerous Boots The live-action feature required its stars to face their fears — and even a little danger — while filming Ariel’s rescue of Prince Eric at the beginning of the film.
BY BRIAN DAVIDS
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Jonah Hauer-King and Halle Bailey 'The Little Mermaid' stars Jonah Hauer-King and Halle Bailey LIA TOBY/GETTY IMAGES
The Little Mermaid’s Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King created a special bond while filming Rob Marshall’s live-action reimagining of Disney’s 1989 animated classic, and Hauer-King isn’t afraid to be a fanboy of his mega talented co-star. The Atlanta and London natives play the roles of mermaid Princess Ariel and Prince Eric, respectively, which Jodi Benson and Christopher Daniel Barnes memorably brought to life 34 years ago in John Musker and Ron Clements’ animated film. Thus, Bailey and Hauer-King always approached the material with reverence and respect for the original film, even if their story took a couple detours to familiar destinations.
“They all have in common an ability to be incredibly professional, hardworking and talented but also just really fun and good to be around, nice to everyone. I look at that and think, ‘That’s the kind of actor I would like to be,’ ” says Hauer-King of the Little Mermaid cast, which also includes Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy, Noma Dumezweni and Art Malik.
Bailey — who is one half of the sisterly musical duo Chloe x Halle — had to play out an accomplished singer’s worst fear as Ariel, in that she had to imagine a reality where she’s lost her voice. However, she made a point to sing live on set and not lip-sync to her pre-recorded vocals, which reduced the amount of time she’d need to be mute in one way or another.
“It definitely was a little frightening to play losing my voice,” Bailey tells The Hollywood Reporter. “But it was also really cool because, as singers, we go on this thing called vocal rest … So it’s almost like this really cool meditative state that you get to go in, and it makes you just calm down and reset.”
Bailey adds: “I really enjoyed singing live because I am a performer first, and sometimes, it’s hard for me to get all of the emotion and feeling out of myself if I’m not fully singing to the best of my ability.”
One of the most famous shots from the 1989 animated film is when a now-human Ariel bursts out of the water at sunset and does her iconic hair flip. To capture this same moment with Bailey in live action, it took considerable teamwork.
“A stuntman would hold my hair underwater and then he would throw it for me when I came up, so that it didn’t feel like such a weight on my shoulders,” Bailey says. “So we did it multiple times to get it just right. It looks so cool and perfect in the animated film, so we were trying to recreate that in real life.”
Hauer-King will also never forget the time where they filmed Ariel’s rescue of Prince Eric at the beginning of the film, as Eric’s footwear led to a bit of an occupational hazard.
“I nearly broke [Halle’s] legs whilst we were filming the underwater tank stuff when Ariel saves Eric,” Hauer-King says with a laugh. “I had my big boots on, and I was kicking Halle in the shins by accident. So she was very brave that day, and I’d probably remind her of that [decades from now] and ask her if she still has the bruises.”
Below, during a recent conversation with THR, Bailey and Hauer-King also express their interest in being a part of a potential Transformers musical after that bizarre viral video in which the trailers for The Little Mermaid and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts accidentally overlapped to the sound of Ariel singing.
Well, I assume the two of you read together during casting, but did that involve both a mute scene and a talking scene?
Jonah Hauer-King: It was actually just a mute scene.
Halle Bailey: Yeah, it was mute for me, but you had to talk. It was the library scene.
Hauer-King: Yeah, we did the library scene. Halle was obviously cast first, and I assume you had to do loads of auditions …
Bailey: Yeah.
Hauer-King: I did some scenes with my mum in the film, and then I did the library scene with Halle, which was great. It could have been difficult, but Halle is such a present performer that, even without words, she gave me so much to respond to. So thank you for that.
Bailey: No, thank you! Yeah, that was a really fun one. I had to be silent and anyone who knows me knows that I talk a lot, so that was a little difficult for me. But the other audition scene I had to do was the moment between Ariel and King Triton [Javier Bardem], where he destroyed the things in her grotto and she got upset. (Laughs.)
Halle, it’s quite common for singers to have nightmares or anxieties about losing their voice, so was it kind of frightening to have to play out that scenario as Ariel?
Bailey: It definitely was a little frightening to play losing my voice, but it was also really cool because, as singers, we go on this thing called vocal rest whenever our voice is in distress or we use it too much. So it’s almost like this really cool meditative state that you get to go in, and it makes you just calm down and reset. So, of course, there was a little bit of anxiety with me on set when I had to not talk and show all these emotions on my face, but it was a happy medium. Half the time, I was like, “Yeah, this is cool. I don’t have to say anything and Jonah has to talk a lot.” And then the other half, I was like, “Man, I wish I could talk.” (Laughs.)
Jonah, since you’ve been called King your whole life, did this prince business feel like a demotion?
Hauer-King & Bailey: (Laugh.)
Hauer-King: (Deadpans.) I felt like I’d been demoted. I was very angry about it. I almost didn’t take the role as a result.
Bailey: (Laughs.)
Hauer-King: But maybe there was some kind of subconscious messaging and that’s why I got the role. But no, I’ve never felt more royal than when I was doing this film, so I’m pleased with it.
Halle Bailey in The Little Mermaid GILES KEYTE
Halle, when Ariel bursts out of the water at sunset and flips her hair back, how many takes were needed to get that silhouette shot just right?
Bailey: Oh wow, we did a lot of takes of that, because there were so many technical elements to think about, and my hair is long. It was longer then, but it was so heavy. Whenever it gets wet in the water, it gets so heavy, but I actually had this amazing stuntman named Dan who helped me. He would hold my hair underwater and then he would throw it for me when I came up, so that it didn’t feel like such a weight on my shoulders. So we did it multiple times to get it just right. It looks so cool and perfect in the animated film, so we were trying to recreate that in real life.
Hauer-King: It looks amazing.
Jonah, when you found out you were getting your own song, did you need to sit down for a minute and take a few deep breaths?
Hauer-King: (Laughs.) Yeah, I collapsed to the floor. It was frightening. I was scared anyway because it was still during the audition process, and up till that point, they had asked me to just sing some of my favorite songs from other musicals. And then, when they actually showed me the sheet music for “Wild Uncharted Waters,” I felt like I was being brought into the inner circle. It felt like it was getting quite real at that point. So it was exciting, but it was also quite daunting because it’s a beautiful song. [Composer] Alan [Menken] is incredible, and Lin[-Manuel Miranda] did a wonderful job with the lyrics. So I just had this feeling of not wanting to mess it up and wanting to do it justice. So it was exciting, but I definitely had some wobbly knees.
Halle, they obviously added your studio recordings to each musical number in post, but would you still go all out and sing live on the day?
Bailey: I would, actually. I really enjoyed singing live because I am a performer first, and sometimes, it’s hard for me to get all of the emotion and feeling out of myself if I’m not fully singing to the best of my ability. So for “Part of Your World,” it was a three-day sequence, and even though I was mouthing to the live vocal that I had recorded, I was still singing live on set while I was filming it. It just felt like that was the only way to get the exact emotion and feeling and desperation that we needed so much in her voice. On “For the First Time,” when Prince Eric was coming up the stairs to meet my version of Ariel, I actually asked a few times if I could sing it live because, once again, it is difficult to get that same feeling and emotion by lip-syncing to the vocals I recorded. I think they actually used the take I did live where I’m singing and belting my heart out right before Ariel meets Prince Eric. So, as a singer, it helped me to just get it out and do it on the day, and I feel like I’m prouder of my performance that way.
Halley Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King in The Little Mermaid DISNEY
Overall, what scene from the animated film were the two of you most excited to reimagine?
Hauer-King: I think the carriage ride is quite fun.
Bailey: Yeah.
Hauer-King: It’s a great scene in the original. It’s adventurous, and they’re having a fun time. I’ve actually seen a couple shots from the original compared to what we did, and I think it pairs up really well. It just felt like quite a fun sequence, and being out in Sardinia [Italy] was really, really nice.
Bailey: So nice!
Hauer-King: So that felt like it would be good [to reimagine].
Yeah, the first date, followed by “Kiss the Girl,” is my favorite stretch of the film. What was the highlight of putting that sequence together?
Bailey: Well, “Kiss the Girl” was so fun to film because we were in the middle of a rainforest that they created in the studio, basically. They built it from the ground up, and we felt like we were walking into a Disney World ride. It was that beautiful. So that was a highlight, and then all of the onshore beach scenes were really fun for both of us. Like Jonah just said, we were in Italy towards the end of filming, and it was hot and warm. It almost felt like we were on vacation from where we had been in London, which was gloomy and gray for four months. So I loved those moments.
Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King in The Little Mermaid DISNEY
There was a viral video the other day where The Little Mermaid trailer and the Transformers: Rise of the Beasts trailer were playing simultaneously at a movie theater, and Halle’s voice somehow made it work quite well. Did you happen to catch that?
Hauer-King: I have seen that!
Bailey: Yeah, it was cool!
Hauer-King: You could put Halle’s voice over anything, and it would somehow become cool and moving. That [viral video] showed that.
Bailey: (Laughs.)
What if that fluke occurrence inspires a proper Transformers musical?
Hauer-King: I’d be down. I’d love to meet Bumblebee.
Bailey: Oh yeah! Bumblebee? I would cry. That would be awesome.
Hauer-King: Optimus Prime would be awesome, too.
Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King in The Little Mermaid GILES KEYTE
Decades from now, when the two of you reunite for the anniversary of this film, what day will you remind each other of first?
Bailey: Wow, I think we’ll just remind each other of how beautiful of an experience this was and just tell each other how proud we are of each other. We both put a lot of hard work into this, and it was a really nice bond that we got to create together.
Hauer-King: I’d remind you of that, but I’d also remind you of the time I nearly broke your legs whilst we were filming the underwater tank stuff when Ariel saves Eric.
Bailey: (Laughs.)
Hauer-King: I had my big boots on, and I was kicking Halle in the shins by accident. So she was very brave that day, and I’d probably remind her of that and ask her if she still has the bruises.
Hauer-King & Bailey: (Laugh.)
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The Little Mermaid opens in theaters on May 26th. This interview was edited for length and clarity.
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Post by veu on May 18, 2023 16:00:26 GMT -5
Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-little-mermaid-composer-alan-menken-live-action-film-song-1235487466/‘Little Mermaid’ Composer Alan Menken Explains Why One Original Film Song Isn’t in the Live-Action Remake Disney's adaptation of the 1989 animated version includes three new songs from Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
BY RYAN GAJEWSKI
MAY 13, 2023 1:44PM
Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney's live-action 'The Little Mermaid' GILES KEYTE/2023 DISNEY ENTERPRISES
The Little Mermaid composer Alan Menken is offering an explanation for why one song from the original 1989 animated classic is not part of the new live-action film’s world.
During an interview with Comicbook.com that published Saturday, the Oscar-winning songwriter said that the team behind Disney’s forthcoming feature that hits theaters May 26 opted against including the song “Daughters of Triton.” In the 1989 film, the number is performed by Ariel’s sisters toward the beginning of the story and features King Triton realizing that his youngest daughter is not with the rest of the family as planned.
According to Menken, it was a bigger priority to create more of a buildup to Ariel’s performance of “Part of Your World,” which is widely regarded as one of the initial film’s signature songs. “I think the thought process was a) we didn’t need it in this particular version,” Menken said about “Daughters of Triton” getting nixed. “And we definitely wanted the film to start with a much more of a live-action feel of the ocean and meeting Ariel, and then we wait a little bit, make you wait until we get to ‘Part of Your World.'”
He continued, “And I think that was, you know, it was an amazing choice because it just builds the power and anticipation. And part of that is also knowing you’re adapting something that’s already beloved. So you want to say, ‘Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it — and here it is.’ And when it comes, God.”
Another tune from the original film that is not included on the track list for the new version’s soundtrack — which is available for presale on Spotify — is “Les Poissons,” performed in the animated movie by the character Chef Louie as Sebastian finds himself trapped in the kitchen. The 2023 film’s soundtrack also includes three new songs composed by Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Jacob Tremblay, who voices Flounder in the live-action The Little Mermaid, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s recent premiere about another change from the original, namely the look of his character. “I thought it was really cool because I like how they’re doing it to make them look like real animals,” the performer said about Flounder’s new look, which had been the subject of some criticism on social media. “I think people should see the movie, and then they can judge.”
The cast of the new Little Mermaid includes Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Noma Dumezweni, Javier Bardem and Melissa McCarthy. Disney releases the Rob Marshall-directed film May 26.
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Post by veu on May 18, 2023 16:03:29 GMT -5
Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/little-mermaid-jonah-hauer-king-halle-bailey-1235483400/Next Big Thing: ‘Little Mermaid’ Star Jonah Hauer-King on Beating Out Harry Styles and Standing Up for Halle Bailey The 27-year-old London native also dives into his and Bailey’s bond and talks about the update to the famous “Kiss the Girl” lyrics: "There were some feelings around consent."
BY KIRSTEN CHUBA
MAY 16, 2023 9:30AM
“They all have in common an ability to be incredibly professional, hardworking and talented but also just really fun and good to be around, nice to everyone. I look at that and think, ‘That’s the kind of actor I would like to be,’ ” says Hauer-King of the 'Little Mermaid' cast, which also includes Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy, Noma Dumezweni and Art Malik. CHARLIE GRAY
Jonah Hauer-King, who plays Prince Eric in Disney’s live-action The Little Mermaid, went through three months of rehearsals for the part, which included learning to ride horses, work with dogs, scuba dive, row and operate a horse carriage. “I’ve never done so much training in my life,” says the 27-year-old London native, whose credits include 2019’s A Dog’s Way Home and the BBC drama World on Fire.
Hauer-King first tried out for The Little Mermaid as a “fun experience,” thinking it would never go anywhere. Seven months of auditions ensued, which included an Ariel-esque moment of losing his voice the day before he was asked to sing in front of director Rob Marshall (he met with Marshall a few weeks later to try again). The actor also screen-tested alongside star Halle Bailey, eventually landing a role that Harry Styles also was up for (“He’s pretty cool and amazingly talented, so yeah, it was cool to be mentioned in the same breath,” he says of Styles).
Hauer-King — who performs a new solo song in the film written for the character by Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda — had limited previous musical experience; he’d been in an indie rock band in his teens and starred in Rent while at Cambridge.
“We were both experiencing something very new, doing a film like this,” he says of himself and Bailey, noting that “she obviously had vast experience in the music world, much more than I did, and I’ve probably done a few more acting gigs than she had, but in terms of doing a film like this, there was nothing that really could have prepared us.” The two became fast friends — in fact, when Hauer-King first arrived in Los Angeles for the Little Mermaid press tour, he went straight to meet up with Bailey to see her sister Chloe in concert.
That close bond has made it difficult to witness the racist backlash Bailey has received for playing Ariel, as Hauer-King admits he does “not really understand what to make of it.”
Hauer-King as Prince Eric and Halle Bailey as Ariel in the new live-action The Little Mermaid. GILES KEYTE/DISNEY “Rob and the producers and Disney didn’t approach this film and this casting with any kind of agenda, they just wanted to cast the person who was best for the role,” he continues. “Ultimately, you want someone who has the best voice and the best spirit and the most charisma, charm and humor and best acting talent, and that’s Halle.”
Prince Eric and Ariel have a “more grown-up and mature” relationship in this film than the original, adds Hauer-King, while also seeing some of their iconic material updated: Menken has spoken about changing some of the “Kiss the Girl” lyrics so it wouldn’t seem that Eric was forcing himself on Ariel.
Though he wasn’t part of those conversations, the actor says, “My understanding is that there were some feelings around consent and asking to kiss someone, which makes total sense to me.”
Next up, Hauer-King has a major pivot as the star of the Peacock/Sky Holocaust drama series The Tattooist of Auschwitz, which required him to lose a significant amount of weight and shave his head. Says the actor of where he hopes his career continues taking him, “Anything that feels different and having variety is what I am looking for.”
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Post by veu on May 18, 2023 16:22:07 GMT -5
Source: www.huffpost.com/entry/halle-bailey-little-mermaid-filming-pandemic-emotional_n_646658d9e4b056fd46d82be0Halle Bailey Recalls Emotional Bout Filming 'Little Mermaid' During Pandemic The actor explained why she felt a particular connection to the classic song "Part of Your World."
By Kimberley Richards May 18, 2023, 03:38 PM EDT
Halle Bailey recently reflected on an emotional period she had while filming “The Little Mermaid” during the coronavirus pandemic.
The actor, who portrays Ariel in Disney’s upcoming live-action remake, told People in a sit-down interview published Thursday that she lived alone while filming and that it helped her feel connected to her character’s classic song “Part of Your World.”
The film was originally set to film in England in March 2020, but filming was delayed until 2021 due to the pandemic.
“We were in the height of the pandemic, and I was suddenly living alone in London away from everything I knew,” Bailey said in the video. “So it did feel like a different world for me, and it did feel like I was underwater in a way.”
“I was grateful that I had that experience of feeling that isolation, because I was able to play through Ariel and how she felt,” she said later.
The actor had explained earlier in the interview that her performance of “Part of Your World” was filmed in three parts and that it involved stunt work and “a lot of physicality.”
Bailey had previously opened up about the grueling physical demands she experienced filming the movie.
She told Edition magazine in March that she spent some days filming in the water for 13 hours.
“I pushed myself as far as I’ve ever pushed myself in life,” she said.
Bailey performed “Part of Your World” in front of a live audience for the first time on Sunday. “The Little Mermaid” is set to hit theaters on May 26.
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Post by veu on May 19, 2023 14:40:39 GMT -5
Source: Youtube'The Little Mermaid's Halle Bailey On The Impact Of Locs & The Chemistry With Jonah Hauer-King
Narcity
17 mag 2023 #hallebailey #thelittlemermaid #littlemermaid
"The Little Mermaid" stars Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King sat down with Narcity's Brooke Houghton to chat all about the upcoming live-action remake of the Disney classic. Hauer-King, who plays Prince Eric, and Bailey, who plays Ariel, spoke to Brooke about their on-screen chemistry and even the possibility of a "The Little Mermaid" sequel. Bailey also revealed the impact of her character having locs and the significance of Black representation on screen while Hauer-King dished about his character’s backstory.
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Post by veu on May 19, 2023 14:41:40 GMT -5
Source: YoutubeHalle Bailey & Jonah Hauer-King Interview: The Little Mermaid
Cocoa Kids TV
17 mag 2023
Cocoa Girl magazine journalists Janai and Arayah interview Halle & Jonah from the new The Little Mermaid movie.
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Post by veu on May 19, 2023 14:45:05 GMT -5
Tony winner Daveed Diggs on playing Sebastian in "The Little Mermaid"
CBS Mornings
19 mag 2023 #thelittlemermaid #daveeddiggs
Tony and Grammy Award-winning actor, rapper and producer Daveed Diggs joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss starring as Sebastian in the live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid."
#thelittlemermaid #daveeddiggs
Each weekday morning, "CBS Mornings” co-hosts Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson bring you the latest breaking news, smart conversation and in-depth feature reporting. "CBS Mornings" airs weekdays at 7 a.m. on CBS and stream it at 8 a.m. ET on the CBS News app.
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Post by veu on May 19, 2023 14:45:46 GMT -5
Halle Bailey on her highly anticipated debut as Ariel in 'The Little Mermaid' | ABCNL
ABC News
19 mag 2023 #hallebailey #thelittlemermaid #disneyprincess
ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with “The Little Mermaid” actress Halle Bailey about taking on the iconic role of the Disney princess and news details about the movie hitting theaters on May 26.
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Post by veu on May 20, 2023 8:32:08 GMT -5
Source: YoutubeRob Marshall & John DeLuca on The Little Mermaid, Halle Bailey, filming in Sardinia, Italy
The Upcoming
16 mag 2023
Director Rob Marshall and producer John DeLuca open up about the making of 'The Little Mermaid'. They heap praises on their star, who brought a unique blend of strength, vulnerability, and otherworldly quality to her role, not to mention her big heart. At the tender age of 18 when she auditioned, her deep spirituality and positive energy were instrumental in making her character loveable. The film's creation was a gradual process spanning four and a half years. Marshall, despite his humility, is hailed by DeLuca as the 'most patient person alive'. The duo express gratitude for their incredible team, including the visual effects artists, designers, and cinematographer. They highlight the joy of working with a team they've known for 20 years since 'Chicago', appreciating the shorthand that familiarity brought. The pair reminisce about filming in Sardinia, relishing the freedom and spectacular experience of working in water.
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Post by veu on May 20, 2023 8:34:59 GMT -5
Halle Bailey “Ariel” and Jonah Hauer-King “ Prince Eric” - The Little Mermaid (Live Action)
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Post by veu on May 20, 2023 13:09:38 GMT -5
Source: YoutubeHalle Bailey meets Prince Munya in The Little Mermaid | The Understudy
Munya Chawawa
Unknown P auditioned to become Prince Eric (and Sebastian) in Disney’s The Little Mermaid with - Halle Bailey (Ariel), Jonah Hauer-King (Prince Eric), Jacob Tremblay (Flounder) and Daveed Diggs (Sebastian).
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