The Little Mermaid | Official Trailer

Elsewhere in the interview, she divulged details of the process of bringing this story to life while filming in London, revealing that there days where she in the water for 13 hours and sitting in a harness for long lengths of time. But through it all, the roles helped her to grow in a myriad of ways and showed her something in herself.

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“I feel like I learned so much through her. I auditioned when I was 18, got the role when I was 19, and I turn 23 this year. So I genuinely feel like [Ariel’s] helped me grow up,” she said.

“I pushed myself as far as I’ve ever pushed myself in life. And I feel like the message from her was to know that you’ve always had it in you,”she concluded.

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The Little Mermaid, starring Bailey, Javier Bardem, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, Simone Ashley and Daveed Diggs hits theaters May 26.