{"id":1785768,"date":"2022-12-24T06:30:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T11:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1785768"},"modified":"2022-12-24T09:19:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T14:19:47","slug":"disneys-the-little-mermaid-live-action-remake-director-claims-we-saw-everybody-and-every-ethnicity-before-casting-race-swapped-ariel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disneys-the-little-mermaid-live-action-remake-director-claims-we-saw-everybody-and-every-ethnicity-before-casting-race-swapped-ariel\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney\u2019s \u2018The Little Mermaid\u2019 Live-Action Remake Director Claims \u201cWe Saw Everybody and Every Ethnicity\u201d Before Casting Race-Swapped Ariel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisneys-the-little-mermaid-live-action-remake-director-claims-we-saw-everybody-and-every-ethnicity-before-casting-race-swapped-ariel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1785768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In light of the backlash to Disney\u2019s race-swapping of Ariel for their upcoming live-action remake of\u00a0<em>The Little Mermaid<\/em>, director Rob Marshall has adamantly denied that there was any sort of \u201cagenda\u201d behind the casting of Halle Bailey as the traditionally fair-skinned princess.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187945\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.03-08.27-boundingintocomics-6364244dbe60f-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.03-08.27-boundingintocomics-6364244dbe60f-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.03-08.27-boundingintocomics-6364244dbe60f-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.03-08.27-boundingintocomics-6364244dbe60f-1340x561-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.03-08.27-boundingintocomics-6364244dbe60f-768x322-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.03-08.27-boundingintocomics-6364244dbe60f-600x250-1.jpg 600w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney\u2019s live-action THE LITTLE MERMAID. Photo courtesy of Disney. \u00a9 2022 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/09\/12\/first-trailer-for-disneys-live-action-the-little-mermaid-remake-near-universally-panned-poor-visuals-and-unnecessary-existence\/\">First Trailer For Disney\u2019s Live-Action \u2018The Little Mermaid\u2019 Remake Near Universally Panned For Poor Visuals And Unnecessary Existence<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marshall, whose previous directorial credits include <em>Chicago (2002),<\/em> <em>Memoirs of a Geisha<\/em>, and <em>Mary Poppins<\/em> Returns, offered his side of the story while <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/little-mermaid-modern-woman-halle-bailey-rob-marshall-interview\/\">speaking with Entertainment Weekly<\/a> about\u00a0<em>The Little Mermaid<\/em>\u2018s development.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_194026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194026\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.23-12.25-boundingintocomics-63a4f5698ea72.jpg\" alt=\"Ariel (Jodi Benson) longs for the surface world in The Little Mermaid (1989), Disney\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.23-12.25-boundingintocomics-63a4f5698ea72.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.23-12.25-boundingintocomics-63a4f5698ea72-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.23-12.25-boundingintocomics-63a4f5698ea72-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.23-12.25-boundingintocomics-63a4f5698ea72-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-194026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ariel (Jodi Benson) longs for the surface world in The Little Mermaid (1989), Disney<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The director first broached the subject of Ariel\u2019s race after being asked by outlet reporter Nick Romano how he felt seeing the numerous social media posts featuring young black kids expressing excitement at seeing the role being played by a black woman rather than a white one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t anticipating that because, in a way, I felt like we\u2019ve moved so far past that kind of thing, but then you realize, in a way we haven\u2019t,\u201d replied Marshall. \u201cIt was very moving to me to see how important this kind of casting is for the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187943\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.03-08.26-boundingintocomics-6364240fae510.jpg\" alt=\"Official movie poster for The Little Mermaid (2023), Disney\" width=\"1688\" height=\"2500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.03-08.26-boundingintocomics-6364240fae510.jpg 1688w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.03-08.26-boundingintocomics-6364240fae510-203x300-1.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.03-08.26-boundingintocomics-6364240fae510-1340x1985-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.03-08.26-boundingintocomics-6364240fae510-768x1137-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Official movie poster for The Little Mermaid (2023), Disney<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/30\/bob-iger-confirms-disney-will-double-down-on-woke-content-we-cant-lose-that-we-just-cant\/\">Bob Iger Confirms Disney Will Double Down On Woke Content: \u201cWe Can\u2019t Lose That, We Just Can\u2019t\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, despite the \u201cimportance\u201d with which he views Bailey\u2019s casting as Ariel, the director then attempted to assure Romano and his readers that there was \u201cno agenda\u201d behind Disney\u2019s asking the actress to be a part of <em>The Little Mermaid<\/em>\u2018s world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just were looking for the best actor for the role, period,\u201d declared Marshall. \u201cThe end.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_176170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176170\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.08.11-07.31-boundingintocomics-62f5591cb5a1d.jpg\" alt=\"Sora (Hailey Joel Osment), Donald (Tony Anselmo) and Goofy (Bill Farmer) visit Ariel (Jodi Benson) at her home in Atlantica in Kingdom Hearts II (2005), Square Enix\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.08.11-07.31-boundingintocomics-62f5591cb5a1d.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.11-07.31-boundingintocomics-62f5591cb5a1d-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.08.11-07.31-boundingintocomics-62f5591cb5a1d-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-176170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sora (Hailey Joel Osment), Donald (Tony Anselmo) and Goofy (Bill Farmer) visit Ariel (Jodi Benson) at her home in Atlantica in Kingdom Hearts II (2005), Square Enix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe saw everybody and every ethnicity,\u201d he added, maintaining that the only goals he and his fellow members of the film\u2019s production team had during the casting process was to find someone who could act \u201cincredibly strong, passionate, beautiful, smart, clever,\u201d and deliver such a performance with \u201ca great deal of fire and joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHalle still had that freshness in herself,\u201d concluded Marshall. \u201cAs soon as we cast her, we were really thinking in terms of how we can make this <em>her<\/em> Ariel.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_194025\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194025\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.23-12.25-boundingintocomics-63a4f5657ffda.jpg\" alt=\"Ariel (Jodi Benson) has no time for Sebastian&#039;s (Samuel E. Wright) babysitting in The Little Mermaid (1989), Disney\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.23-12.25-boundingintocomics-63a4f5657ffda.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.23-12.25-boundingintocomics-63a4f5657ffda-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.23-12.25-boundingintocomics-63a4f5657ffda-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.23-12.25-boundingintocomics-63a4f5657ffda-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-194025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ariel (Jodi Benson) has no time for Sebastian\u2019s (Samuel E. Wright) babysitting in The Little Mermaid (1989), Disney<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As of writing, Halle\u2019s murky, hard-to-see, CGI-heavy debut as Ariel is currently on track to crash into theaters on May 26th, 2023.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_180471\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-180471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.09.13-12.44-boundingintocomics-631fd280c7c43.jpg\" alt=\"Ariel (Halle Bailey) peeks out from behind the door of a wrecked pirate ship in The Little Mermaid (2023), Disney\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.09.13-12.44-boundingintocomics-631fd280c7c43.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.13-12.44-boundingintocomics-631fd280c7c43-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.09.13-12.44-boundingintocomics-631fd280c7c43-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.09.13-12.44-boundingintocomics-631fd280c7c43-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-180471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ariel (Halle Bailey) peeks out from behind the door of a wrecked pirate ship in The Little Mermaid (2023), Disney<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/11\/disneys-live-action-the-little-mermaid-star-halle-bailey-responds-to-race-swap-criticisms-the-reassurance-that-little-girls-just-like-me-should-be-princesses-was-something-i-needed\/\">Disney\u2019s Live-Action \u2018The Little Mermaid\u2019 Star Halle Bailey Responds To Race-Swap Criticisms: \u201cThe Reassurance That Little Girls Just Like Me Should Be Princesses Was Something I Needed As A Kid\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In light of the backlash to Disney\u2019s race-swapping of Ariel for their upcoming live-action remake of\u00a0The Little Mermaid, director Rob Marshall has adamantly denied that there was any sort of \u201cagenda\u201d behind the casting of Halle Bailey as the traditionally fair-skinned princess. Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney\u2019s live-action THE LITTLE MERMAID. 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