'Black princesses are possible. We deserve to take up these spaces too.'
When the press images were revealed of Bailey as Ariel, the actor spoke of her pride. “When I saw those for the first time, I just cried…I was sobbing uncontrollably. The fact that these babies are looking at me and feeling the emotions that they’re feeling is a really humbling, beautiful thing.” She compares the feeling when Anika Noni Rose playedin 2009. “ I know how much of that movie changed my whole perspective on life,” she says. “Wow, this is possible. Black princesses are possible.
The actor also spoke about how her own hair was incorporated into Ariel’s identity. “[Ariel still] has red hair, because that’s a very iconic part of her, but I really did admire the fact that because I’m a Black woman and I have locs, [the producers] wanted to incorporate that into Ariel’s look,” Bailey says. “My locs are so important to me. I've had them since I was five. I always think about what life would be like if I combed out my locs, but I've never had my straight hair at all.
On her big screen debut, Bailey said: “I've never seen myself on a big screen, so when I see myself there, I'm just like, "Is that me? Did I really do that?"
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