Halle Bailey is your new Ariel and social media is GOING WILD!
Moments after the news that the 19-year-old actress and singer would portray the rebel princess in the upcoming live action The Little Mermaid movie, tons of support came from fans, friends and other actors.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Halle Bailey
Zendaya, who was rumored to be in the running for the role, was one of the first to congratulate Halle:
Yeeeeessss!! Here for thiiiissss!! @chloexhalle ♥ï¸â™¥ï¸ðŸ™ŒðŸ½ðŸ™ŒðŸ½ https://t.co/8hpuSKb4rD
— Zendaya (@Zendaya) July 3, 2019
Halle replied, “I LOVE YOU! thank you 😔, before sharing a race-bent image of Ariel on her Twitter timeline.
Some fans had hilarious reactions to Halle‘s casting:
How the hell can #HalleBailey play Ariel in #TheLittleMermaid!!! I’ve seen pictures, she has legs!!! Cast a real mermaid you cowards!!!
— Joe Farrelly (@JoeEdFarrelly) July 3, 2019
Meanwhile, some others were getting confused Halle Bailey and Halle Berry mixed up…
i must admit. I kept reading her name as halle berry instead of bailey and was so confused over why the tl was excited 😔
— naddie | taeyong lockdown (@ltyaeyong) July 3, 2019
99% of twitter today can’t read headlines that say Halle Bailey.
— Spark (@SparkLightW) July 3, 2019
Click inside to see more of the best reactions to Halle Bailey being cast as Ariel…
The goosebumps were all about to have with Halle Bailey singing little mermaid songs pic.twitter.com/HEiaK29K7X
— jules – lil plantain (@4THMEMBEROF3LW) July 3, 2019
Also listen to Halle Bailey sing the first verse of their song Babybird & that will confirm that she has the voice of a princess ðŸ§œðŸ½”â™€ï¸ @chloexhalle
— india hill brown | PREORDER THE FORGOTTEN GIRL (@booksandbighair) July 3, 2019
halle bailey: the ariel we deserve
— jas (@classy_jas) July 3, 2019
Halle Bailey is the perfect person to portray Ariel. She has such a sweet, beautiful voice and she has that innocence about her.
— 🦸🽔♀Shuri's assistant 👩🽔🔬 (@BookshelfGoals) July 3, 2019
I let out the loudest "WOW". I was not expecting Halle Bailey. That definitely came out of nowhere. Halle singing Part of Your World though??? *chef's kiss*
— Cem (@cemwatchestoo) July 3, 2019
i know part of your world going to slap when halle bailey sings☺ï¸
— ð’¥ð’¶ð’¸ð“€ misses BTS🇲🇽 (@hopewldn) July 3, 2019
Halle Bailey as Ariel is PERFECT!! she’s got the voice, the spirit and the beauty!! it’s a win
— karencíaðŸ§šðŸ¼”â™€ï¸ (@soberptll) July 3, 2019
Halle Bailey and Lin-Manuel Miranda? This soundtrack is about to do numbers.
— 🕳 (@coochiewigs) July 3, 2019
yall can't convince me that this is anything short of perfect casting when ariel's supposed to have the voice of an angel and what a coincidence, halle bailey is here 😌 https://t.co/Rr6triTO9f
— danica (@faultsbylies) July 3, 2019
Yo #Halle Bailey as Ariel?! I LITERALLY just teared up and the thought of her singing "Part of Your World" with HER voice??? Can i please get the sound track asap and early tickets?
— Yo, What I say? (@adreamerswords) July 3, 2019
so you're telling me,, Halle bailey's angel voice will sing the little mermaid soundtrack??? that's it everyone go home nothing else will please our ears anymore
— irene IS GOIN THRU IT📌 (@kimtaeshome) July 3, 2019
I just saw someone comment “can she act?” regarding Halle Bailey and EXCUSE ME YES SHE CAN
— Margarita Ylo (@margarita_ylooo) July 3, 2019
Excited for this casting news and to see how this film shapes up! Ariel's always been my fave Disney Princess so hopefully I will be there opening night. Congrats to Halle Bailey for landing the role! https://t.co/jKXY6i0ylw
— Derrick Crow // Diversity IS Comics (@KazekunForever) July 3, 2019
THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR
— HALLE BAILEY IS ARIEL (@halleslynch) July 3, 2019
I didn't know how much I wanted to see Halle Bailey sing Part Of Your World until rn lol
— ky🦋 (@kyrawilli) July 3, 2019
Halle Bailey is perfect Ariel casting because I 1000% can see someone hatching a plot to steal her voice
— Marcus Jones (@marcus_jones) July 3, 2019
Halle Bailey as Ariel >>>>>
She has the acting chops AND vocals to DELIVER.
TALENT: WON ðŸ‘ðŸ¾
BLACK GIRL: MAGIC ✨✨💅ðŸ¾
HATERS: PRESSED 😊😘 pic.twitter.com/CD3ImRImle— 😇 (@willyonce99) July 3, 2019
Ariel has been my favorite princess since I could remember and The Little Mermaid has been MY MOVIE SINCE AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER…
the fact that Halle Bailey will be Ariel in the live action has me crying literal tears of joy â¤ï¸ðŸ˜ pic.twitter.com/jSV9TP8KUC
— Jughead Jones (@behindtheAura21) July 3, 2019
BLACK ARIEL!!!!!! HALLE BAILEY!!!!! god I’m ecstatic https://t.co/bXA6FD9saz
— daisy (@daddy_mingo) July 3, 2019
i am so excited for halle bailey to play ariel that i momentarily forgot how done i am with all of disneys remakes
— elin #BlueForSudan (@KATIEBARTONS) July 3, 2019
Halle Bailey as Ariel for the live action little mermaid is the best casting i have ever seen in a few years from Disney. Let me get my chakras aligned cause @chloexhalle this is too much 😩🔥🔥🔥
— لا Øب Ù…Ùقود (@sir_marcell) July 3, 2019
ARIEL IS GOING TO HAVE LOCS ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ https://t.co/Pfh4SdbOJI
— ASHA (@ashabrom) July 3, 2019
🤯ðŸ‘ðŸ¿â¤ï¸ https://t.co/mqqCjrOHd5
— Keith Powers (@KeithTPowers) July 3, 2019
Scrolling too fast tryna get to NBA tea and saw Halle Berry as the Little Mermaid and was like wtf? With what wig and what voice??? Halle Bailey is the correct person and she's gonna kill that role.
— Mehmet Okurrrt (@Natural_OneDurr) July 3, 2019
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