Halle Bailey has revealed how she broke down watching videos of children gleefully reacting to her playing Ariel in The Little Mermaid live action film.
very beautiful. now, camille, you ve worked on some iconic films, including black panther. when the film first came out, when did you realise how big a deal black panther was? well, i m just going to start from this. originally, i didn t want to do black panther. why not? zerina gasps no, i m just telling the truth. l i wanted to do avengers. because in my mind, i wanted to do the biggest movie in marvel. mm hm. and then, when i started exploring it, and i remember sam jackson said to me, i was like, what do you think about black panther? he goes, camille, that s going to be the biggest movie marvel ever had! i said, you think so? he goes, girl, you better go over there and do that movie! so. they laugh over there? yes. you better go do that movie! and, you know, it s something that s changed my life. and i ll tell you, i didn t really understand until, i guess, when it came out and the publicist called me from disney, and she goes, camille, can you please, like, answer
you know? like, work that will outlive me. it kind of helped me develop my voice in a way, as a creator. must be deeply satisfying. ha?ha! camille, you ve worked on some incredible films. i d like you to talk me through your creative process. where do you start does it start with a script, a conversation? usually, it starts with the script, but then i really always like talking to the director. you know, he or she. and for me, it s always, like, figuring out what their aesthetic is. what they like, what they don t like. you know, and just figuring out all those sort of things. and then, also, start with the actor. like, really. i always go through and look at, like, all the looks that that actor has. for me, i m always thinking, what haven t they had? what can i create for them that s going to be something different so.that s going to put a stamp on this movie that s not going to look the same as every other movie? and, like, even looking at a director, like, what does his body of wo