One user said: "She’s [Shahidi] serving, but we need to stop doing live actions, like, say you ran out of ideas and go."
Last year, Disney released the first trailer for the upcoming live action remake of the Little Mermaid. But the trailer
from people furious at the decision to cast a woman of colour in the role of Ariel.
Bailey later spoke out about the vitriolic backlash to the trailer, saying that she knew how important it would have been for her as a little girl to see a "Black Ariel."
Following the release of the 'Peter Pan and Wendy' trailer, one user made this very point, writing: "My daughter and I just stumbled across the new trailer & my jaw dropped when I saw Tinkerbell.
"It was the representation I never knew I needed. Belle, Ariel, & Tinkerbell played by Black actresses in one year! This news has my inner Black girl & my Black child so happy."
https://twitter.com/VKirbyYork/status/1630746999111729153
Peter Pan & Wendy will be released during Disney's 100 year anniversary celebrations and will be available for streaming from April 28 on Disney+.
