Chloe Baileyis hyping up her sisterHalle Bailey!
During the musician and actress' appearance onThe Drew Barrymore Showon Wednesday, Chloe, 24, told hostDrew Barrymorethat she feels 23-year-old Halle’s performance as Ariel in Disney’s upcoming live-actionThe Little Mermaidmovie is “gonna be so inspiring.”
“I was screaming and I was crying and I was in my T-shirt and underwear and about to get my makeup and hair done forthe Oscars' afterparties,” Chloe told Barrymore, 48, when asked about her reaction to seeing her sister inThe Little Mermaid’s official trailer, which released during March’sAcademy Awardsceremony.
“I dropped everything and I was just screaming because… she is a real-life mermaid, a siren, graceful in all her beauty, and people get to see what I’ve always seen since we were little girls,” Chloe continued, noting that she feels the film will have an impact on “young kids around the world.”
“What she’s going to do for all the young kids around the world, to see her, to know that they can be anything they want to be, it doesn’t matter what society tells them,” Chloe added.
“I know that’s gonna be so inspiring and it even inspires me and I am the proudest big sister in the entire world.”
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The sisters got their start as the musical duoChloe x Hallebefore branching out into acting; Chloe recentlytook on her first lead rolethis year in the Peacock moviePraise This. While discussing that role with PEOPLE in March, Chloe said she was “on the edge of my seat for when I seeLittle Mermaid.”
“I’ve only seen what everyone else has seen and then of course sneak peeks from FaceTime when she was on set,” she said of Halle’s role in the movie at the time. “So it’s like we’re both each other’s biggest supporters excited to see alongside the rest of the world.”
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Halle Bailey as Ariel inThe Little Mermaid(2023).Disney
Halle andMelissa McCarthy, who plays Ursula inThe Little Mermaid, teamed up at the 95th Oscars to introduced the first full-length trailer for Disney’s reimagining of its 1989 animated classic.
“It has been such an honor stepping into the iconic role of Ariel. It’s been an extraordinary experience, a dream come true for me,” Halle said as the pair announced the trailer.
Disney’s newLittle Mermaidadaptation features music fromLin-Manuel Mirandaand renowned composer Alan Menken, who wrote music for the originalLittle Mermaidfilm alongside the late Howard Ashman.
The Little Mermaidreleases in theaters May 26.
source: people.com
