Auli'i Cravalho Can't Wait To See Halle Bailey As Ariel

Auli’i Cravalho is raving about fellow Ariel Halle Bailey!

The 18-year-old actress dished about the 19-year-old actress being cast in the lead role of the upcoming The Little Mermaid live action remake.

“Oh, I can’t wait to see her and congratulate her,” she told ET. “Yeah I think there’s so much room for so many different types of Ariels and so many mermaids. I’m so honored to be able to lend my voice and my interpretation of Ariel and I cannot wait to see Halle‘s.”

Auli’i also opened up about her own opportunity to portray the mermaid.

“I’m so incredibly honored to be able to play one Disney princess that went beyond the reef and now to play another that goes under the sea, I am… My mind is blown!” she added. “So, we get to pay homage and appreciate the original animation and then we have live performances that are gonna be spectacular with not only me, thankfully, getting to play Ariel, but also Queen Latifah as Ursula and Shaggy as Sebastian. C’mon!”