Chlöe Bailey Admits She’s ‘So Protective’ Of Sister Halle Bailey: ‘I Feel Like A Momma Bear Sometimes’

Halle Bailey wants her fans to trust what she’s doing.

boasts a star-studded cast that loves one thing even more than working together --  about their time working together!Speaking with ET's Nischelle Turner ahead of the film's May 26 release, Melissa McCarthy and Javier Bardem, who portray Ursula and King Triton, respectively, couldn't help but gush about their leading lady, Halle Bailey.When asked about their favorite song from the new film, Bardem can't help but praise Bailey's rendition of Princess Ariel's iconic tune, «Part of Your World.»«What she does with her voice in that song, it's very special. And also, it's the first song in the movie,» he notes.

Halle Bailey is prioritizing her privacy as her star shines brighter every day.In conversation with for their May cover story, the 23-year-old shared how she strives to ensure the attention doesn't overwhelm her as fans gear up for the release of on May 26 and  on Dec. 25.«Mentally, sometimes it's really difficult being in this industry,» she tells the outlet, «knowing that there are so many opinions [about] you and what you're doing, or what you should be or what you could be doing better.

Halle Bailey is just three days out from the anticipated release of “The Little Mermaid” and, ahead of the big day, she’s recounting her reaction to the overwhelming response of young Black girls who gleefully reacted to an Ariel they identified with.

The Little Mermaid star is venturing away from home for the very first time. In her , the 23-year-old singer and actor shared that she moved into her first solo apartment after returning to Los Angeles from London, where she'd been filming the Disney live-action remake. After relocating from Georgia to California with her family in 2012, Halle recently took an important baby step toward independence by moving into a place of her own…in the same building as her 24-year-old sister “It’s nice because we’re neighbors and she’s always there when I need her, but we have our own space,” Halle told Glamour.

The Little Mermaid to the screen, as star Halle Bailey knows all too well. Before she shot to fame as the new Ariel, was half of a well-loved singing duo with her sister , and just one of the starlets Disney was considering for its reimagining of the 1989 animated classic.In 2019, her agent told her that, after seeing her perform at the Grammys, director Rob Marshall wanted her for an audition. Bailey figured the part was “one of the sisters or something like that," she told Glamour exclusively.

The Color Purple is coming!

this year’s CinemaCon that director Blitz Bazawule’s musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel is “not your Mama’s ‘Color Purple’,” and based on the first trailer, she’s right. Warner Bros.

Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy are joined by director Rob Marshall as they walk the red carpet for the the Australian premiere of The Little Mermaid on Monday (May 22) in Sydney, Australia.

The Little Mermaid,” there is a sense that a true loss of innocence is on the brink. In this new live-action adaptation things are not as bubblegum sweet and bright as the last time we visited Ariel’s story.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Here’s the funny thing about “The Little Mermaid”: Ariel spends most of the film wishing she were human, wondering what it’s like to go walking around on those … what do you call ’em? But practically every girl who sees the movie dreams of swimming in the opposite direction — which is to say, they want to be mermaids … or else an animated Disney princess. “The seaweed is always greener in somebody else’s lake,” as the song goes, and the most important thing about remaking this particular favorite for a fresh generation is maintaining the fantasy that any of us can be Ariel, when in fact, it takes a one-in-a-million talent like Halle Bailey to fill those flippers on-screen.

Disney’s live-action “The Little Mermaid” — the highly anticipated and revamped musical starring Halle Bailey — is finally here to take us back under the sea. The music by Oscar-winner Alan Menken that made the first one a hit is also back, but these songs have been rewritten for the live version with help from Lin-Manuel Miranda.

The star of Disney’s big-budget live action remake of The Little Mermaid, due in theaters on May 26, says seeing a black mermaid on screen when she was younger would have “changed my whole life.”

Halle Bailey put in the work to play Ariel in The Little Mermaid.

Halle Bailey was reduced to tears as she recorded 'Part of Your World' amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The 23-year-old singer plays Ariel in the 'Little Mermaid' movie and Halle has revealed that she developed a deeper connection with her character during the health crisis. Halle - who was working overseas in the UK and Italy at the time - told PEOPLE magazine: "We were filming in the height of the pandemic, and I was suddenly living alone away from everything I knew.

Yikes! This fairytale couple is stirring up some very real drama!

and that's thanks to Halle Bailey.The 23-year-old stars as the titular, headstrong princess in Disney's new live-action reimagining, and her casting has hit home in a big way for little Black girls who are seeing themselves portrayed as the beloved Disney character for the first time onscreen.The film also stars Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, and Javier Bardem as King Triton, with Daveed Diggs as the voice of Sebastian the crab, Jacob Tremblay as Flounder, and Awkwafina as Scuttle.The role feels like a dream come true according to Bailey, whose previous forays into acting include starring alongside her older sister and musical partner, Chlöe Bailey, on Freeform's  series. The singer tells ET that while it «feels absolutely amazing» to join the iconic ranks of the Disney Princesses, being one of the few Black Princesses is on a whole new level.«I just am really grateful to be in this position,» Bailey tells ET's Nischelle Turner, citing Brandy Norwood's Cinderella and Anika Noni Rose's Princess Tiana as her inspirations.«I loved Brandy as Cinderella; she was so amazing, such a role model and inspiration and a really big kind of studying point for me as I was taking on Ariel,» Bailey shares.

Halle Bailey delivered a mesmerizing performance of “Part of your World” as she sang “The Little Mermaid” track live for the first time post-production.

Ariel and Prince Eric have reunited!

Halle Bailey shared a sweet encounter with a “Little Mermaid” fan.