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Disney accidentally cast a porn star in 'The Little Mermaid'. Casting bosses working on the live-action remake wanted to use "really sexy male models" to portray the mermen in the film, and among those hired for the job was 24-year-old Stefano Tomadini, who has also made adult movies under the alias Dante Ferrari. His explicit films, for which he was paid up to £1,000 a time, are still available to watch online, though viewers have to pay. A source told The Sun newspaper: “Casting bosses decided to hire a number of really sexy male models to play mermen in the movie. “They had no idea about St...
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‘The Little Mermaid’ is expected to take home $117 million over Memorial Day Weekend The live action version of the 1989 animated classic - which kicked off the Disney Renaissance of the 90s - cost $250 million to make so it is on track to turn a profit for the Walt Disney Studios. The Rob Marshall-helmed remake - which stars Halle Bailey in the title role - was dubbed “a classic” by big wigs at the movie studio as they looked forward to droves of people watching the flick with “the next generation. Tony Chambers, the head of distribution at Disney told Variety: “It’s a classic. You ask a lot ...
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'The Little Mermaid' crew actually burned a ship down for the epic shipwreck scene. Director Rob Marshall is at the helm of Disney's new live action remake of the 1989 animated classic, and he has opened up about the technical challenges involved with shooting the movie. He told HeyUGuys.com: "This was complicated because we actually had to have a shipwreck, and so we needed to destroy the ship basically. "Which we did - all the fire in the film is real. So we actually burned the ship - literally - down." The filmmaker previously directed 2011's 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides', a...
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Rob Marshall felt it was “fate” for him to direct ‘The Little Mermaid’. The 62-year-old filmmaker has always felt a “deep connection” with the 1989 animated movie because, like his own directorial debut ‘Chicago’, it helped “kick the door open” for big screen musicals, so he was thrilled to take things further with the new live action Disney movie. Rob - who has also directed film versions of classic musicals 'Annie' and 'Into the Woods - told SFX magazine: “When I did ‘Chicago’, I felt a deep connection with ‘Mermaid’, because they had kicked the door open for movie musicals and we then pushe...
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Jodi Benson has defended the story changes in the live-action remake of 'The Little Mermaid'. The 61-year-old star voiced Ariel in the original Disney 1989 animated film and can understand why lyrics to songs such as 'Kiss the Girl' and elements of the plot were changed to reflect the modern world. Jodi told Entertainment Weekly: "We're talking about starting our (voiceover) sessions in '86 (for the original film). It's 2023, so we have to grow, we have to learn, we have to be aware of our surroundings." The 'Toy Story' actress is glad that Rob Marshall's movie has been able to maintain elemen...
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Melissa McCarthy "begged" for her role in 'The Little Mermaid'. The 52-year-old actress plays Ursula the sea witch in Disney's new live action remake of the beloved 1989 animated classic, but she has admitted she wasn't in consideration for the part until she really put herself out there. She told Collider: "I wasn't up on the list, I wasn't on the list, I wasn't list adjacent, and I was like, 'I'm not gonna get it', but I knew I had to at least make a play for it because I was like, 'I'll be so mad at myself forever if I didn't even try to get, you know, turned down.' "And I couldn't call Rob...
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Rob Marshall has hit out at the "archaic" backlash to Halle Bailey's casting in 'The Little Mermaid'. The 62-year-old director's decision to cast the Chloe x Halle star as Ariel in the live-action remake of the Disney classic was met with a negative response because of Halle's skin colour but Rob cannot understand the anger. Speaking to Deadline, he said: "I didn't think it was that big a deal, casting a woman of colour. I thought, that's an archaic way to see the world. "When that controversy arose, from narrow-minded people, I thought, wow, that really feels like it's coming from another cen...
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Jonah Hauer-King went through three months of rehearsals for 'The Little Mermaid'. The 27-year-old actor stars as Prince Eric in the live-action remake of the Disney film and was put through his paces by learning to row, ride horses and scuba dive for the part. Jonah told The Hollywood Reporter: "I've never done so much training in my life." He features alongside Halle Bailey – who plays Ariel – in the film and the two became close friends as they were both going through a new experience during the making of the flick. Jonah said: "We were both experiencing something very new, doing a film lik...
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Rob Marshall was daunted by the underwater scenes on 'The Little Mermaid'. The 62-year-old director has helmed the live-action remake of the Disney animated film and had to draw on all of his previous experience behind the camera to shoot the watery sequences required for the flick. Rob told ComicBook.com: "It was definitely daunting and a challenge. I mean, as I started, I thought, 'What have I gotten myself into?' But I have to say, if I hadn't done all my movies prior to this, I wouldn't have been ready for this one because it was so complicated. "I mean, everything had to be choreographed ...
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Halle Bailey values the cultural impact that 'The Little Mermaid' will have. The 23-year-old star is the first black actress to play Ariel and the significance of her role in the live-action remake of the classic Disney animation is not lost on her. Speaking to Deadline at the film's premiere on Monday (08.05.23), Halle said: "This moment means everything to me, I'm so grateful to be here. "I just feel really honoured and I'm happy the day has finally come where we can all watch it." Bailey's casting became a trend on social media when the trailer for the movie was released but she hopes that ...
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