Besides Josh D’Amaro and Dana Walden, Odessa A’Zion also made several comments on the Oscars’ red carpet when it comes to Disney, albeit in a more humorous fashion.
Odessa A’Zion on Live-Action Little Mermaid
The actress, who portrayed Mizler in Marty Supreme last year, spoke to CNN and Variety on the red carpet for the 98th Academy Awards ceremony about how she was nearly Ariel in the live-action Little Mermaid film. “I sang ‘Part of Your World.’ I was so nervous that I forgot the lyrics to ‘Part of Your World’ while I was singing it. And then, because I was doing it in Ariel’s voice — like a princess voice — they’re like, ‘Just do it normal.’ [And] I couldn’t do it normally. I’d memorized it in that voice.”
“I left like ‘That was the most embarrassing thing on planet Earth,’ and didn’t hear back, didn’t get a call back,” A’Zion continued. Halle Bailey was eventually cast as Ariel.
Live-Action ‘The Little Mermaid’
Oscar-nominated Rob Marshall, known for his work with “Chicago” and Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns,” directed “The Little Mermaid.” The remake starred Halle Bailey as mermaid princess Ariel, Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, Daveed Diggs as Sebastian the crab, Awkwafina as diving bird Scuttle, Jacob Tremblay as Flounder, Javier Bardem as King Triton, and Melissa McCarthy as Ursula. Noma Dumezweni portrayed the new character Queen Selina, Eric’s mother.
Alan Menken, who wrote the score for the original 1989 “The Little Mermaid,” made some lyrical updates for the live-action remake, with help from Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Currently, Guests can meet Ariel from the live-action The Little Mermaid in Walt Disney Presents at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Avatar: Fire and Ash took home Disney’s only Oscar win at the 98th Academy Awards this weekend. Pixar’s Elio and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia 2 were both nominated for Best Animated Feature but lost to Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters. See the Oscar display at both Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort.
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