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Jonah Hauer-King is our caller Disney prince! The British histrion stars arsenic the handsome Prince Eric successful the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, which hits theaters connected May 26. With this sure-to-be blockbuster, Jonah is astir to go a household sanction and Hollywood’s newest heartthrob.
So, who is Jonah Hauer-King? The 27-year-old histrion is simply a prima connected the rise. Learn much astir his grueling Prince Eric audition process, his assemblage degree, and more.
Jonah Hauer-King arsenic Prince Eric. (Disney)
Jonah’s audition for Prince Eric lasted 7 months.
The histrion revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that helium tried retired for Prince Eric arsenic conscionable a “fun experience” and didn’t deliberation it would spell anywhere. He ended up participating successful 7 months of auditions, which included screen-testing with Halle Bailey, singing for director Rob Marshall, and more. Jonah officially landed the role, which Harry Styles was besides up for, successful November 2019. Jonah performs a caller solo opus successful the live-action film.
Jonah is adjacent friends with co-star Halle Bailey.
Jonah and Halle, who plays Ariel, spent a batch of clip unneurotic filming the Disney movie successful London and Italy. “From the infinitesimal we met, determination was this genuine relationship and transportation that we had, and I was truthful grateful for that,” Halle told Out magazine. “I deliberation successful our surface trial the archetypal time, we felt that close away. I was conscionable truly grateful to beryllium capable to play it with idiosyncratic similar Jonah, who is simply a benignant idiosyncratic and who is simply a leader. And truthful talented. For america to beryllium embarking connected this travel unneurotic for the archetypal time, I deliberation that was a bonding acquisition connected its own. Being capable to play these iconic characters that we some were like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is simply a large deal, this is happening.'”
Jonah made his movie debut successful 2017.
The dual UK and U.S. national recovered his emotion for acting successful theater, starring successful productions similar Punk Rock at the Lyric Theatre successful 2014 and Equus in 2015. He besides appeared successful a fistful of abbreviated films betwixt 2014 and 2016 earlier making his large interruption (and movie debut) successful the 2017 British play film, The Last Photograph. He went connected to prima successful 3 films successful 2018: Postcards from London, Ashes successful the Snow, and Old Boys. Jonah made his mode into Hollywood with a starring relation successful the 2019 feel-good film, A Dog’s Way Home. Aside from The Little Mermaid, he’s wrapped filming connected upcoming films A Beautiful Imperfection and Rich Flu.
Jonah Hauer-King and Halle Bailey astatine the London premiere. (Fred Duval/SOPA Images/Shutterstock)
Jonah is acceptable to prima successful a highly-anticipated TV series.
Jonah is presently filming the Peacock series The Tattooist of Auschwitz, based connected the bestselling caller by Heather Morris. He plays the younger Lale Sokolov. You whitethorn besides admit him arsenic Laurie Laurence from the 2017 miniseries for Little Women. He played Harry Chase successful the WWII play bid World connected Fire.
Jonah holds a grade from a prestigious U.K. institution.
Following his graduation from Eton College, Jonah went connected to attend, St. John’s College, Cambridge. He graduated with a grade successful theology and spiritual studies successful 2017.
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