The toy company Mattel has finally launched its advertisement for its new The Little Mermaid doll based on Halle Bailey. The doll is set to be released this spring in time for the May 2023 movie release featuring Bailey as the new Disney princess, Ariel.
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Halle Bailey was the first to have the newly imagined Ariel doll in her hand. Sharing the moment on Instagram with her four million followers Bailey expressed how she could barely hold back her excitement while holding the doll, according to Mashable.
âI have something really exciting to reveal to you all. I am going to cry,â she said while holding the doll. âThis is the new Little Mermaid doll. I am literally choking up, because this means so much to me, and to have one that looks like me, thatâs my favorite Disney character, is very surreal.”
The 22-year-old singer shared how impressed she was with the details of the resemblance between her and the mermaid doll.
“She even has my mole, see?” she said. “The hair and the tail… Iâm just stunned, so I donât quite know what to do with it, but Iâm going to steal this and take it home and hide it forever.”
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“omg đ„čđthe little girl in me is pinching herself right now. I have my own Little Mermaid Ariel doll !!! I canât believe how much she captures my version of this iconic character đ„čđbrb gonna go cry now,” Bailey wrote in the video’s emotional caption.
The original “The Little Mermaid,” starring Jodi Benson in the role of Ariel, grossed $84.4 million at the box office. Marshall’s remake starring Bailey, best known as one-half of the Grammy-nominated R&B duo Chlöe x Halle, is expected in theaters on May 26, 2023.
