When news broke that Halle Bailey had been cast as Ariel in Disney’s live-action The Little Mermaid, the actress shared an image that resonated with fans.
“Dream come true…” Bailey, 19, wrote while tweeting an illustration of an Indian-American Ariel by artist Dylan Bonner.
Bonner created the image in 2015 after his friend Brian Flynn commissioned him to create a Disney princess series for his girlfriend at the time, Manini Gupta, for Valentine’s Day.
Flynn shared the artwork in a blog post on Imgur that year, which featured himself and Gupta as Disney characters from various animated films such as Mulan,...
“Dream come true…” Bailey, 19, wrote while tweeting an illustration of an Indian-American Ariel by artist Dylan Bonner.
Bonner created the image in 2015 after his friend Brian Flynn commissioned him to create a Disney princess series for his girlfriend at the time, Manini Gupta, for Valentine’s Day.
Flynn shared the artwork in a blog post on Imgur that year, which featured himself and Gupta as Disney characters from various animated films such as Mulan,...
- 7/3/2019
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Halle Bailey, Disney’s New Little Mermaid, Shares Her Excitement Over Role: It's a ‘Dream Come True’
Halle Bailey couldn’t contain her excitement after it was revealed she will be playing Ariel in Disney’s live-action The Little Mermaid.
The Chloe x Halle singer, 19, shared a recreated image of Ariel on Twitter by artist Dylan Bonner, whose previous projects have included illustrations of Disney princesses.
“Dream come true…,” Bailey tweeted alongside the image of Ariel singing “Part of Your World” while waves crashed behind her.
The story of the image goes back to Valentine’s Day 2015, when a man, Brian Flynn, commissioned Bonner to create illustrations of every Disney princess in the image of his girlfriend Manini Gupta.
The Chloe x Halle singer, 19, shared a recreated image of Ariel on Twitter by artist Dylan Bonner, whose previous projects have included illustrations of Disney princesses.
“Dream come true…,” Bailey tweeted alongside the image of Ariel singing “Part of Your World” while waves crashed behind her.
The story of the image goes back to Valentine’s Day 2015, when a man, Brian Flynn, commissioned Bonner to create illustrations of every Disney princess in the image of his girlfriend Manini Gupta.
- 7/3/2019
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
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