Harry Styles May Join ‘The Little Mermaid’ Remake As Prince Eric

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The forged of Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid appears prefer it’s going to be heavy on musicians, with the exception, after all, of Melissa McCarthy’s Ursula. (That is, except Lizzo winds up swiping it from her.) Mere weeks after singer Halle Bailey nabbed the titular position, we might have her display associate: As per The Hollywood Reporter, Harry Styles is in talks to play goodly Prince Eric.

If all goes swimmingly, it’s going to solely be Styles’ second display efficiency. The One Direction boy bander made his performing debut for at least Christopher Nolan, who forged him in a key supporting position as one of many panicking troopers within the hit WWII saga Dunkirk. He obtained good notices, too, largely for managing to not distract folks from the drama by consistently mentioning that one in every of our heroes is in One Direction.

Styles, by the way, was born 5 years after the unique Little Mermaid animated basic was launched, and 6 years earlier than his possible love curiosity got here into this world. If he will get the position, he’ll play the younger man hunky sufficient to drive Ariel the mermaid to give up her voice for a pair of human legs. He’ll additionally presumably should sing some authentic songs, as Prince Eric didn’t do any singing within the 1989 movie model of The Little Mermaid. Hopefully he’ll additionally get to share some screentime with King Triton hopeful Terry Crews.

(Via THR)