The trailer had Halle Bailey’s Ariel take viewers to her part of the world and it is filled with visually stunning underwater shots. We also get a glimpse of Melissa McCarthy’s accurate Ursula and Javier Bardem as a surprisingly armoured King Triton.
From the colour-blind casting to the costume updates, here’s a side-by-side comparison of The Little Mermaid’s live-action stars vs the classic animated movie characters:
Halle Bailey as Ariel
Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric
Javier Bardem as King Triton
Flounder
Sebastian
Scuttle
Melissa McCarthy as Ursula