After Seeing The Trailer For Halle Bailey’s The Little Mermaid, Gabrielle Union And Dwyane Wade’s Daughter Effortlessly Channeled Ariel

One of the perfect issues to date to come back out of Halle Bailey’s casting as Ariel within the upcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid is seeing younger women’ reactions to the trailer. Moms have been sharing movies of their Black daughters seeing the new Ariel for the primary time, and it’s merely magical to see their faces gentle up after they see themselves represented within the Disney mermaid. While the film isn’t set to appear in theaters until 2023, I feel it’s doubtless we’ll see extra Ariel costumes popping up, with Halloween proper across the nook. Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s daughter, for one, is already prepared.

The Bring It On star tweeted a video of her 3-year-old daughter Kaavia dwelling her finest mermaid life, lounging in her purple bikini and glossy inexperienced mermaid tail, full with purple wig, in fact. Check out Kaavia’s vibe: 

That hair flip is EVERYTHING. Gabrielle Union identified by way of hashtag that illustration issues, and the 3-year-old was trying fabulous channeling that Ariel power, apparently after seeing Halle Bailey singing in The Little Mermaid trailer “precisely one time.” The actress additionally shared a video to Instagram of Kaavia displaying off her costume and dancing together with her dad, retired NBA star Dwyane Wade: 

I like to see little Kaavia dancing together with her NBA champion dad! It was fairly spectacular, too, the way in which she had no hassle in any respect transferring and grooving in that mermaid tail. She additionally appeared to know she seemed good with that purple hair, as she struck some poses for her photographer mom! The video garnered plenty of likes and responses from different celebs, and even drew the eye of Ariel herself, with Halle Bailey remarking: 

Halle Bailey mentioned it’s been an emotional experience, watching all the videos of younger Black women reacting to seeing a girl of shade play the basic princess. She was even overwhelmed the first time she saw herself as Ariel!

Unfortunately the actress has seen some racist backlash to Ariel being portrayed by an individual of shade, however her family helped to give her perspective on how necessary what she’s doing is. Halle Bailey has additionally obtained support from the original Ariel actress, Jodi Benson, in addition to Japanese-American actress Diana Huey, who was the first non-white actress to portray Ariel on a serious stage. Walt Disney’s granddaughter even shared her candid thoughts on the diverse casting.

Hopefully the optimistic feedback far outweigh the detrimental, and I feel movies like those Gabrielle Union shared, in addition to the posts from mothers on social media, present simply how a lot of an impression Halle Bailey is having on kids. 

As we look forward to the premiere of The Little Mermaid, make sure to keep updated with these different upcoming Disney movies, and you’ll relive the unique 1989 animated movie with a Disney+ subscription.