Javier Barden Gushes Over Halle Bailey's Voice In 'The Little Mermaid'

Javier Barden is singing Halle Bailey‘s praises in The Little Mermaid!

The Being The Ricardos actor portrays King Triton in the upcoming live action Disney film, which is the father to Halle‘s Ariel.

In a new interview, Javier gushed over his co-star’s performance in their movie.

Click inside to see what he said…

“Her voice is out of this world,” he told Variety‘s Marc Malkin. “She was warming up the voice near me and I was like, ‘What was that?’ ‘Nah, I’m just warming up the voice.’ That’s warming up the voice? It would take me a lifetime to be able to do that note. It’s amazing.”

He also dished on getting to sing himself, as a song was written into the movie for him. This will be a first for his career.

“The first song that I’ve ever sung was because [director] Rob Marshall gave me the chance to sing in The Little Mermaid,” he said. “He’s the very first one who was courageous enough to give me a song and give me the stage, and I adore him. I’ve loved him since a long time ago. I admire him. Working with him is a gift.”

“I think from what I’ve seen and what I know, the movie is going to be something out of this world,” Javier added about the film. “It’s going to blow everybody’s heads.”

If you missed it, see what composer Alan Menken shared about Halle in the movie.

The Little Mermaid will be out in theaters in 2023.