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<p><strong>Halle Bailey</strong> says she was <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/bellevue-hospital-video-employee-bike-black-teen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brought to tears</a> upon seeing young Black girls&#8217; reactions to her role as Ariel in the live-action remake of &#8220;The Little Mermaid.&#8221;</p>
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<p>In <a href="https://www.glamour.com/story/halle-bailey-sobbed-uncontrollably-watching-girls-react-to-little-mermaid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a recent interview</a> with <em>Glamour</em>, Halle opened up about seeing the reaction videos to the film&#8217;s extended trailer.</p>
<blockquote><p>“When I saw those for the first time, I just cried,” she told the magazine. “I was sobbing uncontrollably. The fact that these babies are looking at me and feeling the emotions that they’re feeling is a really humbling, beautiful thing.”</p></blockquote>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Halle Says Seeing The Reactions &#8216;Heals Something&#8217; Within Her</h3>
<p>She said of the trailer’s early reception:</p>
<blockquote><p>“When I watch the babies react and they’re proud of me and they’re happy with how [the movie] looks, I’m just so happy with that reaction. It almost heals something within me and my spirit.”</p></blockquote>
<h5 style="text-align: center;">RELATED: <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/halle-bailey-isolation-filming-little-mermaid-track/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halle Bailey Reflects On ‘Emotional’ Isolation While Filming Signature ‘The Little Mermaid’ Track</a></h5>
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<p>Halle told the outlet that as children, she and her sister Chlöe idolized <strong>Beyonce</strong> and <strong>Destiny’s Child</strong>. But there wasn&#8217;t enough representation in film and television mirroring the sisters, she said.</p>
<p>The 2009 Disney animated film <em>The Princess and the Frog </em>did it for Halle, especially Black actress and singer <strong>Anika Noni Rose</strong> as Tiana.</p>
<blockquote><p>“I know how much of that movie changed my whole perspective on life,” she says. “Wow, this is possible. Black princesses are possible. We deserve to take up these spaces too.”</p></blockquote>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Celebs Offered Sneak-Peak Of Live-Action &#8216;Little Mermaid&#8217; Remake, Film To Hit Theaters This Friday</h3>
<p>Halle&#8217;s debut film premiered to exclusive audiences in Hollywood earlier this month to much anticipation. Meanwhile, the greater public has had to wait a bit longer to watch it. However, several celebrities, including Offset, Kelly Rowland, and Chlöe Bailey, were personally invited to an exclusive early screening.</p>
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<p>&#8220;The Little Mermaid&#8221; <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/04/13/all-about-disney-live-action-little-mermaid/11643359002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hits theaters Friday</a> (May 26), according to <em>USA Today</em>.</p>
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