The rookie actress who was cast as a witch in live-action movie “The Little Mermaid” is making netizens go crazy
Even when the live-action film “The Little Mermaid” is about to be released, it still cannot escape the criticism that it ruined the original work by casting a black actress.
Disney’s live-action movie “The Little Mermaid“, which is scheduled to be released on May 26th, recently attracted fans’ attention by releasing a short teaser video.
However, as the controversy over casting a black actress for the role of Ariel (unlike the original work) continued, the teaser video received 330,000 dislikes and only 39,000 likes.
In the meantime, interest in the actress who was cast for the role of Vanessa surged.
On Feb 16th (local time), the online media outlet “wegotthiscovered” introduced the identity of the actress who will play Vanessa – the beautiful (though still evil) alter-ego of Ursula the Sea Witch – in Disney’s live-action film “The Little Mermaid”.
She is British actress Jessica Alexander.
Jessica Alexander was born in June 1999 and is 23 years old this year.
She began to make her name known through Netflix’s drama “Get Even” (2020). She made her screen debut with the films “Glasshouse” and “A Banquet” in 2021.
Jessica Alexander is a multi-talented star who works as both a model and an actress.
Recently, Jessica Alexander said in an interview ahead of the release of the live-action film “The Little Mermaid”, “The songs are amazing. And the costumes are just unreal. I’m very excited for the world to see it.”
Although she was cast as a villain in “The Little Mermaid”, netizens who saw Jessica Alexander’s visuals were fascinated by her beauty. They showed explosive reactions such as “It’d be perfect if she was cast as the main character”, “She’s really pretty”, “She’s out of this world”…
Source: insight
