When I saw those [reactions] for the first time, I cried.

I just cried,Baileywho plays Arielsays inGlamours May digital cover story.

I was uncontrollably sobbing because it really pulled on something in my heart.

Halle Bailey hugging a young girl on the red carpet for The Little Mermaid in London.

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The representation means everything to Bailey as well.

I know how much of that movie changed my whole perspective on life, she says.

Wow, this is possible.

Halle Bailey Says She Sobbed ‘Uncontrollably Watching Girls React to ‘The Little Mermaid

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Black princesses are possible.

We deserve to take up these spaces too.

Ive never done anything like this before.

Did I really do that?

That pride extends to the trailers early reception.

It almost heals something within me and my spirit.

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My locs are so important to me.

Ive had them since I was five.

I put myself out there on the audition tapes.