The following post contains spoilers for "The Little Mermaid."
Disney's live-action version of the 1989 animated classic "The Little Mermaid" is finally in theaters. In the earlier film, Prince Eric's (Jonah Hauer-King) family isn't mentioned, but in the new one, he's got a mom. Queen Selina is played by British actor Noma Dumezweni. If the name sounds familiar to you, it may be because she won a Laurence Olivier Award for her work in the plays "A Raisin in the Sun" and "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," in which she played Hermione Granger. She was also Penny Farthing in "Mary Poppins Returns" and appeared in HBO's "The Undoing" and the Netflix series, "The Watcher."
With Queen Selina in the mix, there are some changes to the story and to Prince Eric himself. So, does this new character work? Is Queen Selina necessary to the story? I recently attended the...
Disney's live-action version of the 1989 animated classic "The Little Mermaid" is finally in theaters. In the earlier film, Prince Eric's (Jonah Hauer-King) family isn't mentioned, but in the new one, he's got a mom. Queen Selina is played by British actor Noma Dumezweni. If the name sounds familiar to you, it may be because she won a Laurence Olivier Award for her work in the plays "A Raisin in the Sun" and "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," in which she played Hermione Granger. She was also Penny Farthing in "Mary Poppins Returns" and appeared in HBO's "The Undoing" and the Netflix series, "The Watcher."
With Queen Selina in the mix, there are some changes to the story and to Prince Eric himself. So, does this new character work? Is Queen Selina necessary to the story? I recently attended the...
- 5/26/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
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