Talk:The Little Mermaid (live-action film)/@comment-31200270-20191009034612/@comment-1672596-20191102075616

"When they were in development the animated Disney movie was just looking for a voice similar to that of a teenager of 16 no matter its diversity or appearance."

Your point? They could also hire a 40 year old if she can at least pass for a 16 year old. In fact, that's exactly what they did with Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Let's also not forget that Ashley Spinelli from Recess was voiced by an actual adult (and is the only one of the Recess gang to actually be voiced by an adult). Age isn't even the factor here, but making sure she actually LOOKS like the original, which let's be honest, Tiana would have been a far better fit for Halle Bailey.

"As the dolls that were revealed is the design of the animated one which has nothing to do with those of Live action and by the way the movie has not yet been produced without casting the characters. Also Disney will never change the appearance of princess dolls since these dolls for the animated version and I am sure that when I finish creating the live action of the princesses they will make an edition of that version."

Which makes casting Halle Bailey as Ariel all the more pointless, since they're not going to bother using her likeness anyways (and just as an FYI, Emma Watson's take on Belle at least GOT a doll, even if it didn't look as though Quality Control actually did its job). And while they may not have started actual filming yet, they DID already cast Ariel, which is the point. I know if I were helming the remake, I'd make darn sure that the person who plays Ariel at least looks like Ariel from the original film AND has a good singing voice.

"While that of Mulan that must be 100% Chinese since it is from the Chinese culture and Princess Tiana is a character created by Disney which the original story is not known if it is colored or not.

Note: When you are a real-life character like Mulan and Pocahontas, it must be your real appearance, while the others do not matter if it is white or black. It is a fictional story."

Technically, Mulan was based on folklore, but either way, have you completely forgotten that Lin Manuel Miranda, the guy helming the remake, was responsible for the creation of that musical Hamilton which casted the various Founding Fathers as people of color with no whites being allowed to have a role in the cast, even though most if not all of them actually WERE white in reality? If he can do that for Hamilton despite those guys actually having a basis in reality, there's literally nothing stopping Mulan and Pocahontas from having their races changed. And let's not forget 12 Horsemen, which was based on an actual American unit during the War on Terror and their various missions, yet they explicitly did a race lift on some of the members, turning one guy black and another Hispanic despite their being explicitly white in real life. By your logic, then Hamilton should have had its entire cast be white and they shouldn't have race lifted those two members of the horsemen group.