The Little Mermaid

I saw the fan casting of...

Oh, God, what is his name? He's, he's Prince Eric in Little Mermaid, the live action.

Oh, I saw that too.

I don't, like, for suresies picture him as him, but, like, sure.

They have Aladdin on that ship, which I love far better.

than The Little Mermaid.

And then on the Treasure, they brought out and introduced Tale of Moana, which raised the bar so high [laughs] that I just thought, "They'll never top this.

They'll never top this.

And then we have the Piano Lounge, which is right off the Great Hall.

This is on the Destiny, it is De Vil's, and they again, uh, really raised the bar on that experience by bringing in Cruella and sort of a little character moment that sa- kind of surprise and delight kind of moment within that lounge.

And this one is going to be Sea Notes, S-E-A, Sea Notes, inspired by The Little Mermaid.

And it's actually going to be sort of like Ariel's grotto, sort of ocean-inspired.

I'm trying to do it.

Did you love The Little Mermaid?

I loved...

I mean, I, like, cried pretty much throughout the whole movie.

And there are several for me.

The one that immediately comes top of mind is Rob Marshall, who does just four movies in a row with us that differ greatly from Into the Woods to A Pirates of the Caribbean to A Mary Poppins, you know, to Little Mermaid.

And just, you're just reliable.

We know how it works and we just get a great string of output.

You've been, you've been lauded for it, and then you've also been slammed for it.

So how did you guys approach, how did you approach casting? Because The thing that is undeniable is that Disney fans have very strong opinions about what those characters look, feel, and act like.

And you were taking some very big swings with Cruella and Little Mermaid and Snow White and, by the way, Aladdin, like, to fill Robin Williams' shoes.

How did you guys approach casting? Was it part of that? Like, what's the reason for doing it? Was that part of the ask in the beginning?

The actress?

Yeah, Mermaid.

Yeah, Little Mermaid.

Oh, okay.

I know who...

I love that movie so much.

He's also Flounder in the live action Little Mermaid movie.

He was in Room.

He was in Wonder.

Last year he was in The Life of Chuck, A movie I didn't like very much, but I liked him in it.

And then he was in The Little Mermaid, but he was just a voice actor.

Oh, that's

right.