The Exciting Reason Why Harry Styles Turned Down the Role of Prince Eric in Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’
Life isnāt always the bubbles, especially when youāre a Harry Styles fan. It feels like just yesterday fans found out Harry Styles got the role of Prince Eric in Disneyās live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. Then, they found out he didnāt accept the role. (Talk about an emotional roller coaster.) Hereās the reason why the artist declined the role in Disneyās upcoming film.
Disney announced Halle Bailey would portray the title character in āThe Little Mermaidā
This summer, Disney shared some exciting news with fans of The Little Mermaid ā the studio is creating a live-action adaptation of their animated classic. The first cast member announced was artist Halle Bailey, who would portray the title character, a mermaid named Ariel.
The next difficult task would be to find an actor to portray Arielās love interest, Prince Eric. Fans shouted out different actors and singers, from Jimin of BTS to Shawn Mendes to Harry Styles. Then, fans got some news about their favorite sailor.
Reportedly, Harry Styles was āin talksā to play Prince Eric
He was a member of One Direction before hitting it off with his own music. As a solo artist, Harry Styles earned awards and nominations for his song āSign of the Times,ā including the MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Pop Video.
Harry Styles even acted in the 2017 movie, Dunkirk, alongside cast members Tom Hardy, Fionn Whitehead, and Cillian Murphy. Fans were excited to learn Harry Styles would be heading under the sea, as he was reportedly āin talksā to play Arielās love interest, Prince Eric. However, wishes donāt always come true. It was later reported that Harry Styles turned down the role in Disneyās live-action adaptation.
Harry Styles turned down his role with Disney to work on his music career
Once news broke that Harry Style was āin talksā to be in the Disney movie, fans online went crazy. The excitement only lasted about one day. Later that week, it was reported that the former One Direction singer ārespectfullyā declined to play Prince Eric. During an interview with The Face, Harry Styles briefly discussed why he turned down the role in Disneyās live-action adaptation.
āIt was disĀcussed,ā the artist said. āāI want to put music out and focus on that for a while. But everyĀone involved in it was amazĀing, so I think itās going to be great. Iāll enjoy watchĀing it, Iām sure.ā
Thankfully, he turned down the film for a good reason. According to Rolling Stone, āHeās putting the finishing touches on his new album, full of the toughest, most soulful songs heās written yet. As he explains, āItās all about having sex and feeling sad.āā
There is no official release date for the artistās upcoming album. However, music by Harry Styles, including his song āSign of the Times,ā is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and most major streaming platforms.