Halle Bailey Sneaks Into Theater Undetected to Watch The Little Mermaid
With big bucks made at the box office, The Little Mermaid has been drawing many filmgoers out to theaters over the four-day holiday weekend. Among those who went to see the movie was Halle Bailey, the main star of the film. In the movie, Bailey plays a live-action incarnation of Ariel, making her the newest Disney Princess.
Taking to TikTok after the film's premiere, Bailey shared a video revealing how she went to a theater to see the film. To remain undetected by fans, Bailey utilized sunglasses and a face mask, and as the video shows, she was able to purchase a bucket of popcorn and get into a screening of the movie just as it was getting started. There are filmgoers that can be seen in the video, including one person taking a selfie in front of a large display for The Little Mermaid, unaware that Bailey herself was literally walking right past her. You can watch the video for yourself below.
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Bailey notes on her TikTok post how amazed she is that The Little Mermaid is now the No. 1 movie in the world. Indeed, it opened to a whopping $185 million worldwide, quite a chunk of change to pull in over the course of four days. More than $117 million of that total haul came from domestic movie theater screenings. What's even better for the film is that the audience scores have been pretty strong, as The Little Mermaid earned an A grade at CinemaScore. It also debuted with an audience score of 95% at Rotten Tomatoes.
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Halle Bailey's Ariel Has Arrived
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After finding success in music alongside sister Chloe Bailey, with the two making up Chloe x Halle, Halle Bailey has delved into acting with a role on Grown-ish alongside her sibling. She's also set to appear in the upcoming musical remake of The Color Purple. But playing Ariel has been a dream come true for Bailey, who used to dream of being a Disney Princess as a young girl while never expecting that could be something that would one day happen for real.
"It feels absolutely amazing to officially be a Disney Princess," Halle Bailey said of the honor of playing Ariel in the movie, per ET. "I mean, I think that it's something that we all have just had in our dreams. You have daydreams of pretending to be a Cinderella princess, or someone like that, and you never think that it would actually happen, so I just am really grateful to be in this position."
Rob Marshall directs The Little Mermaid using a screenplay by David Magee. Starring alongside Bailey in the film are Jonah Hauer-King as Eric, Javier Bardem as King Triton, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, Awkwafina as Scuttle, Daveed Diggs as Sebastian, and Jacob Tremblay as Flounder.
The Little Mermaid can now be seen on the big screen following the film's debut in movie theaters.
Source: MovieWeb
