Overview
- Bailey, speaking in a new interview ahead of Friday’s release of You, Me & Tuscany, calls playing Ariel a beautiful experience that taught her to trust herself and block out the noise.
- She says the racist online attacks that followed her casting put her in the middle of clashing opinions and ultimately felt freeing, likening it to watching herself inside a cup.
- To cope, she turns to nature for perspective and often reminds herself that public reaction is fleeting, saying, none of this is real.
- Bailey credits family guidance, including grandparents who shared their own experiences with racism, and she notes director Rob Marshall said the team auditioned every ethnicity with no agenda.
- Outlets also report support from peers such as Zendaya, Ariana Grande, and Rachel Zegler, placing her experience within a broader debate over representation and social-media backlash to high-profile remakes.