The classic piece that appears in the animation of ‘The Little Mermaid’ released in 1989 was left out of the adaptation in flesh and blood
Released on May 25 in Brazil, the live-action of ‘The Little Mermaid’ stands out not only for adapting the trajectory of Princess Ariel to the plot in flesh and blood more than three decades after the debut of the animated plot, but also, for bringing changes and additions that help to enrich the story.
Among the changes, it is possible to highlight the look of Ariel, the character played by the actress and singer. Halle Baileywhich in the feature film directed by Rob Marshall doesn’t wear the classic violet seashell bikini seen in the 1989 film—why is that?
The answer was granted by the production’s costume designer, Colleen Atwoodin an interview with Harper’s Bazaar magazine (via Cinebuzz), who explained that the decision was made due to the aesthetic difficulty of making objects beautiful on the body, as well as the visual priority of the film, which was to make the mermaids look more like that of a fish.
We moved away from that idea… I think we wanted to have a more fish-like quality for the girls. Just throwing seashells at her breasts seemed like an odd choice. And when you start putting shells on real bodies, it gets hard to make them pretty, believe me. We chose a bralette that still had a fishy vibe but wasn’t as aggressive as a shell bra,” Atwood said.
please note that Colleen had already said in an official statement from Disney, that each of the daughters of King Triton and Queen Athena in the live-action, which in addition to Ariel include Caspia (Nathalie Sorrell), Indira (Simone Ashley), Karina (Kajsa Mohammar), bag (Karolina Conchet), pearl (Lorraine Andrea) and Tamika (sienna king), represent one of the seven seas, and had their tails and hair inspired by exotic fish:
We took inspiration from exotic fish for the tails and hair of these aquatic women. It was so much fun discovering each fish and giving it a human form. There is no more beautiful inspiration than the oceans and the fish that live in them,” said Atwood.
Still on the costume choices, in the same chat with Harper’s Bazaar, the costume designer who, in addition to Ariel’s plot, was also in productions such as “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and “Alice in Wonderland”, revealed details about the King Triton skin (Javier Bardem) and Ursula (Melissa McCarthy):
When the actors were working, they were wearing the motion capture suits 90% of the time,” she said. “But King Triton’s armor – he was actually wearing it. Melissa McCarthy’s Ursula outfit she wore most of the time. That was tough. It had to be like a dance costume but still look like Ursula, so we had to figure out where the octopus legs ended and the costume began, and also where the human body fit into that costume. That was a complex process.”
More about “The Little Mermaid”
The live-action “The Little Mermaid” is an animation adaptation directed by john musker It is Ron Clementa duo inspired by the tale of Hans Christian Andersen launched in the 1930s to build the story of Ariel, the youngest daughter of King Trião who seems not to fit the reality at the bottom of the sea, since she dreams of living among humans on the surface, a desire that leads her to make a dangerous deal with the Witch of the Sea, the powerful sorceress Ursula.
In addition to Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy It is Javier Bardenthe new film features Jonah Hauer-King to bring Prince Eric to life. Meanwhile, the original voice cast brings Awkwafina (‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’) to voice Scuttle, Jacob Tremblay (‘Extraordinary’), such as Sole and Daveed Diggs like Sebastian.
The script is signed by David Magee (‘Life of Pi’) and jane goldman (‘X-Men: First Class’). The soundtrack is under the care of Alan Menkencomposer who alongside Howard Ashman was responsible for the songs in the film released at the end of the 80s, and Lin-Manuel Mirandaknown for composing the songs heard in ‘Moana’ and ‘Encanto’.
Source: Recreio
