Talk:The Little Mermaid (live-action film)/@comment-26345648-20181009192212/@comment-34190793-20181210052924

@ Asantalo There is no article, tweet, or video addressing anything like that, so you must have read something by an author giving their opinion and not an actual fact. Of course acting is important, I never said it wasn’t. I’m just making the point that the singing matters just a little bit more. There is a sea of possible actresses who can look and act the role well, but none of that matters if they CAN’T SING. This is a musical film where the singing voice of the star matters more than anything. It’s a crucial part of the story.

Ariana Grande’s career is being a musical artist first and foremost, we all know that. But she’s been acting in theater including a Broadway play and tv for years before her music took off. She’s even said one of her dream roles is to play Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway among other dream roles so she does have aspirations in acting. She can act and would do well as Ariel. The role requires being a young, rebellious, and adventurous girl and it’s not like that requires an actress with tons of experience. She looks younger than her age as well, especially when she uses less makeup. That woman you suggested Natalia Dyer looks like a hardened 30-something year old. Besides, Disney has been casting mid-20s girls for almost all the Disney princesses; Cinderlla, Belle, Jasmine, and Mulan is actually 31. Aurora is the only young one and that's because she's not the star, Angelina is.

Regarding Zendaya, she's one of the worst ever choices. She did deny it and so did Rob Marshall (he said it's too early to talk about casting anyone). But, I'm still wary of it all. I just hope production sees that people don't want her.