Halle Bailey has reflected on her experience of making The Little Mermaid

Halle Bailey found starring in The Little Mermaid to be a "beautiful experience".

The 26-year-old actress played Ariel in the 2023 live-action movie, which was loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale, and Halle has now reflected on the experience, admitting that it taught her a lot of valuable lessons.

She told The Independent: "[It was] a beautiful experience for me – and I feel like it taught me to listen to myself and the good voices inside. I learnt how to block out the noise."

Halle encountered some racist abuse after being cast as Ariel in the movie. However, the actress found her own way of coping with the "noise".

She said: "How do I explain it … It was actually freeing to be in the middle of this conversation where so many different opinions were coming in, and they were so opposite from one another."

Halle likened the situation to "an experiment".

She explained: "I felt like I was watching myself inside a cup, seeing how people react to it."