Talk:The Little Mermaid (live-action film)/@comment-31200270-20190703193514/@comment-1672596-20190706124655

Maybe if it was anyone besides Lin-Manuela Miranda helming the film, I could possibly buy the idea it had reasons other than race for Ariel's change. But considering that Miranda is responsible for Hamilton, which changed all the cast to be POC and there also being evidence that he denied white actors a chance to play any role, it's more likely than not that this had to do with race ultimately. Besides, I can think of plenty of better choices for Ariel, like Ashley Bridget from Unplanned, Madeleine Pestach, or Lindsay Lohan (and the last one actually DID audition for the role), and Halle Bailey has largely been in bombs of movies, so I fail to see how she's that good of an actress (not to mention she's a Blues singer, which isn't even the right genre for Ariel).