After Harry Styles passed on the role, a fan tweeted at Gavin telling him to audition, and he responded with, “Maybe I already have 😳”.
While Gavin is known for his role in Sabrina, he does share a lot on Instagram of him with his guitar, and after some digging, we found his covers on YouTube, and he definitely has the chops!
Christian Navarro, who you may recognize from his role in 13 Reasons Why, revealed that Disney contacted him to send in audition tapes for Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid!
Back when everyone found out that Harry Styles had passed on the role of Prince Eric, Christian tweeted out, “So I heard Harry Styles passed on Prince Eric, well…I can sing. Black Ariel/Latino Prince…no ones called but Season 3 drops next week and I think it’s one hell of an audition.”
Well, on Tuesday (September 3), Christian posted an update, writing, “Idk what happened to the other tweet. But! @disney saw this, saw your support, and gave my team a call. They wanted to see what I could do. Tapes sent. Fingers crossed. Let’s make some history.”
Chloe x Halle‘s Halle Bailey is set to take on the role of Ariel in the live action movie.
While no other official casting announcements have been made by Walt Disney Studios, it is likely that more info will be revealed by director Rob Marshall at next weekend’s D23 Expo, which takes place from August 23rd until August 25th in Anaheim, Calif.
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.”
“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!”
The 19-year-old actress is breaking her silence on the backlash she faced after being a person of color cast as Ariel in the upcoming The Little Mermaid live-action remake.
“I feel like I’m dreaming,” Halle shared with Variety at the Power of Young Hollywood party. “And I’m just grateful. I don’t pay attention to the negativity; I just feel like this role is something bigger than me. And it’s going to be beautiful. I’m just so excited to be a part of it.”
Auli’i Cravalho will be playing the role of Ariel in an upcoming live concert production of The Little Mermaid, which will air on ABC in the fall!
The 18-year-old actress is best known for voicing the title character in Disney’s animated movie Moana and for her starring role on the NBC series Rise.
Queen Latifah will be playing Ursula and reggae singer Shaggy has been cast as Sebastian.
The live event will happen in front of a studio audience and it will air on Tuesday, November 5 at 8pm. The special will interweave the live performances with clips from the animated movie. Music from the Broadway stage version of the musical will be included.
A live concert production of The Little Mermaid has been staged at the Hollywood Bowl two times so far, with Sara Bareilles and Lea Michele leading the casts. The film played on a big screen and whenever a song happened, the film would pause and the actors would come out on stage to perform the number.
There’s also a live film adaptation starring Halle Bailey in the works!
