Halle Bailey On The Cultural Impact Playing Ariel In ‘The Little Mermaid’: “It Means The World To Me”

This moment means everything to me, Im so grateful to be here, she said.

I just feel really honored and Im happy the day has finally come where we can all watch it.

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Watch Bailey at the premiere in the video posted below.

Halle Bailey at ‘The Little Mermaid’ premiere in HollywoodMatt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images

The actor also talked about meeting Bailey for the first time.