Halle Bailey has arrived. And as she stepped onto the royal blue carpet for the premiere of The Little Mermaid, it’s secure to say jaws all around the world dropped. The film’s star shimmered and shined from head to toe in a shocking silvery blue strapless robe with what gave the impression to be a seashell or sea coral impressed bodice. Charmingly, the gown’s hem gave the impression to be original to imitate a mermaid story. She accessorized with assertion bejeweled earrings and flashed a beautiful smile for the cameras. Halle completed the look with, after all, a shimmering aqua blue manicure. In quick, she merely reworked into her title position.
At the film’s premiere, she opened up about how a lot the position within the movie means to her. “This moment means everything to me, I’m so grateful to be here,” she advised Deadline on the occasion. “I just feel really honored and I’m happy the day has finally come where we can all watch it.”
She additionally mentioned how a lot affect even simply the trailer had on younger individuals. “It means the world to me, especially for the beautiful babies to be able to see a reflection of themselves,” she advised the outlet. “I am just honored to be a part of this and be one of the princesses now because for me it was Brandi as Cinderella and then Anika Rose as Princess Tiana. So the fact that I am getting to continue this and live on this legacy is really exciting and I’m just grateful.”
Back in August of 2022, as buzz for the film started to construct, she associated the methods during which she pertains to the enduring mermaid and Disney Princess, Ariel. “Her sense of longing, her searching for herself, was something that I could resonate with,” she advised Variety on the time. “She knew where she wanted to go, and she wasn’t going to let anybody stop her.”
“I want the little girl in me and the little girls just like me who are watching to know that they’re special, and that they should be a princess in every single way,” she added. “There’s no reason that they shouldn’t be. That reassurance was something that I needed.” The extremely anticipated movie opens May 26 in theaters.