As if you didn’t know, casting for Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of their classic 1989 animated movieThe Little Mermaidis underway with recent addition Halle Bailey as Ariel. Awkwafina as Scuttle, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, and Jacob Tremblay as Flounder have all been discussed but aren’t currently confirmed. Today we have word that Terry Crews and Guy Fieri want to throw their hats into the underwater ring as well for the roles of King Triton and Ursula the Sea Witch.
you may go ahead and check out bothTerry Crews' and Guy Fieri’s Twitter posts below if you don’t believe me!
While sadlyDiners, Drive-Ins, and DiveshostGuy Fieriis joking about his casting as Ursula, I genuinely thinkThe Ridiculous 6andSorry to Bother Youstar Terry Crews would make a killer King Triton. If, you know,The Dark TowerandHobbs & Shawactor Idris Elba isn’t up for the part. But let’s get back to the super-serious subject of Guy Fieri snagging a role in this new version ofThe Little Mermaidfor a minute. While the role of Ursula seems to be taken byBridesmaidsandGhostbusters: Answer the Callactress Melissa McCarthy, I see no reason whatsoever that Fieri couldn’t snag up the role of Prince Eric’s angry personal chef, Chef “Les Poissons” Louis. You know the one. Sounds like good (enough) casting to me! Gordon Ramsay and Giada De Laurentiis could work as well.
Mary Poppins ReturnsandPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tidesdirector Rob Marshall is set to take the helm of this live-action version ofThe Little Mermaid. He will do so from a screenplay written by Jane Goldman (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,The Woman in Black) and David Magee (Mary Poppins Returns,Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen. So far we know that the movie will featureGrown-ishand Chloe x Halle starHalle Bailey as Ariel. Rumored casting includesJumanji: The Next LevelandThe Angry Birds Movie 2breakout Awkwafina as Scuttle,Can You Ever Forgive Me?andThe Happytime Murdersstar Melissa McCarthy as Ursula andGood BoysandBefore I Wakeyoung actor Jacob Tremblay as Flounder.
Meanwhile, the original 1989 animated classic featured the voice work ofactress Jodi Bensonas Ariel and Ursula’s human alter-ego, Vanessa, along with Christopher Daniel Barnes as Prince Eric, Pat Carroll as Ursula, Samuel E Wright as Sebastian, and Jason Marin as Flounder. Kenneth Mars joined them as the voice of King Triton, along with Buddy Hackett as Scuttle, Paddi Edwards as Flotsam and Jetsam, Ben Wright as Grimsby, and René Auberjonois as the above-mentioned Chef Louis.AladdinandThe Great Mouse Detectivedirectors Ron Clements and John Musker took the helm of the original underwater adventure and Musker also produced along with Howard Ashman. Alan Menken provided the classic animated movie with its music while Mark Hester edited it all together. Buena Vista Pictures releasedThe Little Mermaidinto a theater near you back on July 07, 2025. The $40 million animated motion picture managed to snag a stellar $233 million at the box-office back in 1989. Not too shabby. These fun casting updates come to us fromTerry Crews on Twitteralongside Guy Fieri..
