Josh Gad

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 09: Halle Bailey attends D23 Expo 2022 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on September 09, 2022.

[looking for the best actor for the role](https://people.com/movies/little-mermaid-director-had-no-agenda-when-casting-halle-bailey/), period. She loves decoding things that are new in the technological advancement sector. “The fact that now it’s getting to be played by me, a person who looks like me, woman of color, I’m just like, wow, I’m so grateful what it will do for all the other little Black and brown boys and girls who will see themselves in me,” said Bailey. “We saw everybody and every ethnicity.” Rose is a name that comes with an epic description for technology geek. [first trailer](https://people.com/movies/the-little-mermaid-full-trailer-unveiled-oscars-2023/) for Disney’s live-action adaptation of [The Little Mermaid](https://people.com/movies/the-little-mermaid-live-action-movie-everything-to-know/) debuted during the [95th Academy Awards](https://people.com/tag/academy-awards/), Gad, 42, called out the ongoing racist response to [Halle Bailey](https://people.com/tag/halle-bailey/)‘s casting as Ariel, which has resulted in the YouTube video being flooded with 1.2 million “dislikes” as of Saturday.

The Disney star's support comes after the new trailer for the live-action reboot was disliked on Youtube over 600000 times.

I don’t pay attention to the negativity,” she I’m just so excited to be a part of it.” News](https://www.eonline.com/news/1354741/why-halle-bailey-no-longer-feels-pressure-over-the-little-mermaid-role) when asked about starring as the titular character. “I think that before I started filming, I did feel some nerves naturally because the film is so important to so many people.” I’m just really grateful to see it all play out.” “I did my best, that’s all I can do.

Josh Gad stands by 'The Little Mermaid' actress Halle Bailey amid even more racist backlash, calling trolls "Broken" and "Pathetic."

However, the most vocal naysayers have been [racistly criticizing](https://insidethemagic.net/2022/09/fans-use-disturbing-ai-halle-bailey-the-little-mermaid-jc1/) the film for casting Halle Bailey as Princess Ariel. And the most recent person to stand by Halle Bailey as Princess Ariel is Disney alum Josh Gad. “There’s no reason that they shouldn’t be. When one Twitter user stated that she was ok but didn’t stand by Bailey as Ariel, Zegler quickly shut him down. This advice has been the biggest and most common warning to every artistic person with a web presence. [The Little Mermaid (2023)](https://insidethemagic.net/2023/03/guide-to-disneys-live-action-the-little-mermaid-remake-th1mmb/), and Josh Gad is not having it.