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Yara Shahidi Said It’s “Beautiful” That People Will Watch The New Disney Classics And “Feel Included In This Fairy Tale”
Yara Shahidi Said It's "Beautiful" That People Will Watch The New Disney Classics And "Feel Included In This Fairy Tale","Oftentimes, people think of diversity and inclusion as threatening or jeopardizing the quality of the story, instead of seeing how beautifully they can be interwoven together."

Yara Shahidi Said It’s “Beautiful” That People Will Watch The New Disney Classics And “Feel Included In This Fairy Tale”

In case you missed it, there’s been some BIG Disney news lately.

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The teaser trailer for Peter Pan & Wendy came out two weeks ago, and we got our first look at Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell!

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Last night, Yara told the Hollywood Reporter that she’s “so excited” to see Halle in this role: “If there’s anybody that is a princess just in real life, in the world, it’s Halle.”

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She added that her playing Ariel “made so much sense.”

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Yara said that despite all the racist backlash they’ve both received, “What’s been beautiful is seeing the response to both of our characters and seeing how many people feel included in this fairy tale, while also maintaining the magic that we love in the first place.”

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She concluded, “I think oftentimes, people think of persity and inclusion as threatening or jeopardizing the quality of the story, instead of seeing how beautifully they can be interwoven together to create something that impacts even more people, that lets even more people into stories that we love.”

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You can watch the teaser trailer for Peter Pan & Wendy here:



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