The Little Mermaid‘s live-action adaptation acquired largely rave evaluations from audiences, to the purpose the place urge for food for a sequel has been rising. Who would not need to see probably the greatest youngsters motion pictures for a brand new technology come again for one more film? And contemplating there’s already an animated sequel to adapt, absolutely the work would not be too exhausting. One would suppose, however there’s a hangup about Halle Berry and Jonah Hauer-King getting older as much as play mother and father, although the previous talked about to CinemaBlend that sporting a beard could assist him out.
I had the chance to talk to Jonah Hauer-King forward of his newest look within the Physician Who episode “Fortunate Day,” which is accessible to stream proper now with a Disney+ subscription. Provided that CinemaBlend’s The Little Mermaid evaluation gave it a good evaluation, I puzzled if there was something he might say about returning as Prince Eric for a live-action adaptation of the sequel. He answered with this:
I’d be down. Hey, hear, I’m sporting a beard in the meanwhile. Possibly it is throwing a number of years on me? I do not know. I could be up for it as a result of I had a good time, and I beloved working with Halle. Rob Marshall is a tremendous director. So, if it is round, who is aware of, however I’ve not heard something but.
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After all, we needed to discuss the truth that Eric and Ariel are mother and father within the sequel, which means he’d should look older. That did not appear to be an issue for Hauer-King, who famous his facial fuzz doubtlessly helps him look older.
The truth that he did not say The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea is an entire impossibility sounds good for anybody who needs to see it. As for the remainder, I’ll let the reader resolve is sufficient to make Jonah Hauer-King look sufficiently old to have a baby the identical age as Melody, the daughter launched within the direct-to-video sequel for the Disney film. It is not out of the realm of chance that an actor approaching his 30s could possibly be the father or mother of a 12-year-old!
Whereas that could be true, it might be tougher for a basic viewers to think about two actors they simply noticed a few years in the past as Ariel and Eric are actually mother and father to a pre-teen little one. I’m positive there are possibly an individual or two at Disney who suppose that too, contemplating that Jonah Hauer-King hasn’t heard something a few follow-up film occurring.
It additionally would not be shocking if anybody at Disney was apprehensive to make a live-action sequel of The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea, as CinemaBlend’s evaluation may illustrate. With so many upcoming live-action Disney remakes on the horizon, I suppose it could possibly be some time earlier than Disney places this one on the docket, however that is simply hypothesis on my finish. Hey, possibly by that point, Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King will look extra convincing as mother and father.
We are able to solely wait and see what occurs. Within the meantime, be at liberty to stream The Little Mermaid on Disney+ and browse up on what Hauer-King needed to say to CinemaBlend about his character’s portrayal within the newest episode of Physician Who. For individuals who have not seen it, I would extremely suggest it to see a totally totally different aspect of the younger actor!
