Halle Bailey Channels ‘The Little Mermaid’ In Gorgeous Teal Gown At The Oscars

This is Halle Bailey’s year. Ahead of the merchandise of The Little Mermaid, Halle attended the Oscars. The actress/singer dazzled successful a gorgeous strapless and sheer tulle formal designed by Dolce & Gabbana. She besides wore a blinding diamond necklace to apical disconnected her look.

Halle Bailey connected the Oscars carpet. (David Fisher/Shutterstock)

The teal colour of the gown decidedly gave disconnected The Little Mermaid vibes — Ariel’s tail, anyone? On E!’s Live from the Red Carpet show, Halle said she was inspired to “go into the fairytale world” with her Oscars look.

A brand-new trailer for the live-action movie volition debut during the Oscars telecast. The authoritative teaser trailer was released during the D23 Expo. The footage revealed portion of Halle’s unthinkable rendition of “Part of Your World.” To people 100 days until the film’s release, Walt Disney Studios dropped a 30-second teaser that revealed the archetypal look astatine Melissa McCarthy’s Ursula.

The Little Mermaid volition deed theaters connected May 26. The movie besides stars Jonah Haeur-King arsenic Prince Eric, Javier Bardem arsenic King Triton, Daveed Diggs arsenic Sebastian, Jacob Tremblay arsenic Flounder, and Awkwafina arsenic Scuttle.

Halle playing Ariel marks lone the 2nd clip a Black histrion has played a Disney princess. The histrion reflected connected the value of the role. “I privation the small miss successful maine and the small girls conscionable similar maine who are watching to cognize that they’re special, and that they should beryllium a princess successful each azygous way,” Halle told Variety. “There’s nary crushed that they shouldn’t be. That reassurance was thing that I needed.”

Halle Bailey walks the Oscars carpet successful a sheer teal gown. (David Fisher/Shutterstock)

Halle precocious shared her excitement implicit her ain Little Mermaid doll from Mattel. “The small miss successful maine is pinching herself close present … I person my ain Little Mermaid Ariel doll !!! I can’t judge however overmuch she captures my mentation of this iconic character,” Halle tweeted, on with a video of the histrion showcasing the doll.

In summation to The Little Mermaid, Halle is besides starring successful the upcoming philharmonic adaptation of The Color Purple. Halle volition play young Nettie. Ciara volition play the big mentation of the character. The Color Purple is expected to beryllium released successful theaters connected December 20, 2023.

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