Disney<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nAccording to Marshall, one of the ways in which the new film is \u201cdeepened\u201d compared to the original is by further building the relationship between Ariel and Prince Eric \u2013 which the director says he was inspired to do after reading the Hans Christian Anderson tale on which the story is based.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a very modern story, even back in the 1830s, you know, about a young girl who feels she doesn\u2019t fit in \u2013 she feels displaced, she wants a life in a different world,\u201d Marshall explained during an exclusive interview. \u201cShe\u2019s not afraid to go on this journey, she\u2019s not afraid of the other, you know, the different people \u2013 the humans in this case.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I loved how it was saying a young spirit like that can bridge the worlds, bridge from her world to that world and not be afraid of it. So it was really about tolerance and acceptance, which I felt was so timely, in our sort of divided world \u2013 increasingly divided world. So I have to say I was excited to find that immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cSo thematically that can be brought out in our film, and specifically with the character of Eric \u2013 because Eric is the other, he\u2019s the human. So what\u2019s his story? So we found a song for him and his journey, and then they can connect on a deeper level not just sort of like, \u2018Wasn\u2019t she cute? Isn\u2019t he handsome?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was deeper, like these two people feel similarly, they connect on a different level: they\u2019re both explorers, they\u2019re not afraid of reaching out past their own borders. And it was wonderful to discover how we could\u2026 right from there, you have a Romeo and Juliet-esque tale. So you can actually expand and deepen the story right then already.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, another change that\u2019s been made to this character is that we now see his mother \u2013 who is named Queen Selina and is played by Noma Dumezweni.<\/p>\n
Ursula and Tritron\u2019s relationship\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\nIn the original animation, Ursula is not part of Ariel\u2019s family \u2013 but that has been changed for this version in which she is introduced as King Triton\u2019s estranged sister.<\/p>\n
According to Melissa McCarthy, this made quite a big change to the stakes of the film, as she explained in an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\u201cThere were small changes on paper to the script, but I think they really had big effects on the story,\u201d she said. \u201cI think making us brother and sister makes it so much more complicated. Maybe [in the original] it\u2019s a little more one dimensional, kind of good versus evil.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, now it\u2019s siblings, and family, and to have your family shun you and isolate you and banish you has a lot more emotional impact than just simply good and evil\u2026 It\u2019s like they really made it modern and relevant.\u201d<\/p>
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