The Little Mermaid: Halle Bailey Gets Awesome Advice From First Non-White Ariel

The Little Mermaid: Halle Bailey Gets Awesome Advice From First Non-White Ariel

The Little Mermaid: Halle Bailey Gets Awesome Advice From First Non-White Ariel

There's a good reason why people can't stop talking about the recent casting of Halle Bailey as Ariel in The Little Mermaid. After all, it is believed that she will be the first woman of color to play the lovestruck mermaid. However, there was another non-white actress who had previously portrayed Ariel in the Broadway production of the animated classic and she has some amazing advice for Bailey.

Diana Huey actually played Ariel on Broadway back in 2017 and she believes Bailey shouldn't pay attention to all the naysayers.

The Japanese-American Huey says that her color actually didn't matter for the younger members of the audience at Broadway.

Huey stated that she decided to express her support for Bailey as a way of paying it forward when the original Broadway Ariel Sierra Boggess supported Huey when she was first cast.

The Little Mermaid is expected to begin production in April 2020.

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