Christian Navarro is sharing his thoughts on Jonah Hauer-King being cast as Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid!
If you forgot, the 28-year-old 13 Reasons Why actor sent in audition tapes for the lead role, which he ultimately did not land.
After the news of Jonah‘s casting was announced, Christian returned to Twitter briefly to share his thoughts, before deleting his account again. He also echoed his statement on his Instagram story.
“Just came back to say; after months of seeing every person of color they could think of for the role of Prince Eric, @DisneyStudios somehow still cast a white guy,” he wrote on Twitter. “I guess diversity is just a word. And THATS Hollywood. One brown person is enough, two brown leads is unthinkable.”
“Literally @disney saw a who’s who list of actors of color and STILL went with the white guy. So much for diversity. I guess two brown leads would have tanked the movie right? Boring,” he wrote on Instagram.
Many actors were reportedly being considered for the role of Prince Eric, including Harry Styles, who turned down the role and Cameron Cuffe, who tested for the role back in September. The Little Mermaid Live‘s Graham Phillips also expressed interest in bringing the character to life on the big screen.
Congratulations are in order for rising star Jonah Hauer-King as he just landed the role of a lifetime!
The 24-year-old British actor will be joining the star-studded cast of Disney’s live-action musical remake of The Little Mermaid in the role of Prince Eric.
You might recognizes Jonah from his work in A Dog’s Way Home and the 2017 BBC adaptation of Little Women.
The cast also includes Halle Bailey as Ariel, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, and Javier Bardem as King Triton. Rounding out the cast are Jacob Tremblay as the voice of Flounder, Awkwafina as the voice of Scuttle, and Daveed Diggs as the voice as Sebastian.
Harry Styles was previously in talks to take on the role, but he ultimately passed on the role. Rob Marshall is directing the adaptation of The Little Mermaid and production will begin in early 2020.
READ MORE: Harry Styles Revealed Why He Passed on Prince Eric in ‘Little Mermaid’
Cameron Cuffe and Jonah Hauer-King are now in the running to join The Little Mermaid!
The Krypton actor and the A Dog’s Way Home actor have both tested to play Prince Eric in the Disney live-action remake, Deadline reports.
According to the site, Cameron and Jonah both tested for director Rob Marshall on Monday (September 23) at Pinewood Studios in London.
Harry Styles was in talks to take on Prince Eric, but turned down the role.
19-year-old singer/actress Halle Bailey is set to take on the role of Ariel in the movie.
See who Just Jared readers chose as their choice for the next Prince Eric!
Maya Hawke had a very busy day on Sunday (September 9) – she started it at New York Fashion Week and ended it at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival!
The 21-year-old actress went to the Tory Burch show in the morning and then flew to Toronto to support Jonah Hauer-King at the premiere of his new movie The Song of Names.
The two young stars worked together in the PBS and BBC1 mini-series Little Women, which was released a couple years ago. Maya played Jo and Jonah was her love interest Laurie.
Also joining Jonah at the premiere were his co-stars Tim Roth, Gerran Howell, Luke Doyle, Misha Handley, Martina Hambro, and director Francois Girard.
Danny DeVito also attended the premiere!
FYI: Maya is wearing a Celine dress.
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