Just days after the first trailer for The Little Mermaid sent waves of racist trolls out of the woodwork, star Halle Bailey is finding support from another big-screen mermaid: Daryl Hannah.
Hannah, 61, played mermaid Madison in 1983’s Splash, alongside Tom Hanks, and showed her support for 22-year-old Bailey on Twitter.
Hannah’s praise comes after Jodi Benson — the voice actress who portrayed the original Ariel in the animated classic — also showed her support.
Trolls: Just days after the premiere of The Little Mermaid brought waves of racist trolls out of the woodwork, star Halle Bailey is finding support from another big-screen mermaid: Daryl Hannah
SUPPORT: Hannah, 61, played mermaid Madison in 1983’s Splash, alongside Tom Hanks, and showed her support for 22-year-old Billie on Twitter
“The Little Mermaid is black / I met her / There!” Hannah tweeted with the hashtag #dontbearacistdork.
The tweet garnered more than 4.5k retweets and more than 42k likes in less than a day after it was posted on Wednesday night.
Bailey herself didn’t respond to Hannah, or the original voice of The Little Mermaid, Jodi Benson, 60, who showed her support on her Instagram story.
Black: “The Little Mermaid is black / I met her / There!” Hannah tweeted with the hashtag #dontbearacistdork
“Haley, you were absolutely amazing! I am so proud of you and your beautiful performance as Ariel,” Benson began.
It was great celebrating with your family here at #d23expo and to the amazing director Rob Marshall… I am so grateful for our friendship that has lasted over 35 years. Thank you for creating this amazing movie!! Benson concluded.
Halle reposted the photo to her Instagram story with the caption: “Thank you so much… that means to me the world is coming from you!” You made Ariel a wizard for us.
AMAZING: “Hah, you were absolutely AMAZING! I am so proud of you and your beautiful performance as Ariel” Benson began.
Repost: Halle reposted the photo to her Instagram story with the caption: ‘Thank you so much… that means the world is coming from you! You made Ariel magical to us’
The trailer debuted at the D23 Expo in Anaheim this past weekend, with diverse It reported on Tuesday that the video had more than 104 million global views.
In comparison, it has amassed far more views than many of Disney’s latest live-action adaptations such as Cruella (68 million views), Beauty and the Beast (94 million views), Aladdin (74 million views), and Maleficent 2 (62 million views). ).
However, the trailer also made headlines for amassing more than 2 million “dislikes”, compared to 865,000 likes.
Introduction: The trailer debuted at the D23 Expo in Anaheim this past weekend, with Variety reporting on Tuesday that the video had more than 104 million views worldwide.
The Hate: However, the trailer also made headlines for amassing more than 2 million “dislikes,” compared to 865,000 likes
The massive number of dislikes has now broken the record for dislikes for a major studio movie, surpassing the 1.6 million dislikes for 2016’s Ghostbusters trailer.
Aside from Benson, Bailey got support from other celebrities like Zendaya, Halle Berry, Keke Palmer, Ben Platt, Nicki Minaj, and Amanda Gorman after the trailer dropped.
The film, which also stars Jonah Hauer King, Art Malik, Noma Dumzoini, Javier Bardem and Melissa McCarthy, with David Diggs, Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafina in voice roles, hits theaters May 26, 2023.
Support: Apart from Benson, Bailey got support from other celebrities like Zendaya, Halle Berry, Keke Palmer, Ben Platt, Nicki Minaj, and Amanda Gorman after the trailer dropped
Release: The film, which also stars Jonah Hauer King, Art Malik, Noma Domezoini, Javier Bardem, and Melissa McCarthy, with David Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, and Awkwafina in voice roles, hits theaters May 26, 2023.
