Bailey figured the part was one of the sisters or something like that, she tellsGlamourexclusively.
Wed run it and wed run it and wed run it, over and over.
Then there were in-person auditions, callbacks, screen tests…and a lot of waiting.
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I didnt hear anything for a whilea few months actually, she says.
I was like, Okay, well, I guess I didnt get it.
I forgot about it completely.
Read Halle Bailey’sGlamourcover storyhere.
Read Halle Bailey’sGlamourcover storyhere.
To Marshalls recollection, the part was hers to lose.
Many other people, hundreds of other people, but the bar had already been set.
And no one ever surpassed that bar.
Four years and a pandemic later, audiences will finally get to meet her mermaid.
As Bailey says, Its been a long time coming.
Or has it been a lifetime?
Halle Bailey recalls watching the cartoon at just five years old.
Well, mission accomplished.
The Little Mermaidhits theaters on May 26. you’re able to read the rest of Halle BaileysGlamourcover storyhere.
