February 2019
I sat quietly on my couch, I had been binging Bridgerton for the past couple hours. My agent constantly flooded my inbox with auditions, and after leaving the house every other day to go to auditions, it was nice to take a break and actually watch something. I got up from the couch to go make more popcorn, and as I got back to the couch, I could hear the buzzing of my phone. I quickly put my popcorn down and picked it up.
"Hello?" I said.
"Hi. This is Rob Marshall, I'm looking for Ariel?"
"Sorry what?"
"Im looking for Ariel, the mermaid?"
Holy crap, Is he talking about me? A couple weeks ago, I had gone in and auditioned for the part of Ariel in Disney's Live Action remake. I wasn't expecting anything at all, due to all the big actors that were there auditioning. It occurred to me that this may be a prank call, but I was not going to risk it. I decided to respond in a friendly manner.
"Oh umm, could that be me?" I asked, a slight chuckle following.
"I guess so!" He laughed. "I'm just kidding. It's me, Rob Marshall, and I'm calling to let you know that you've been cast as the role of Ariel in the Live Action Little Mermaid! Your audition was truly extraordinary and we would love to have you on our team. Would you like to accept the role?"
"Are you serious? How?- Yes of course! Yes! Thank you so much sir! I would love to accept. "
"Oh, please. Rob is just fine." He let out a chuckle from the other end of the phone. "An email will be sent to you shortly with all the information and the schedule. However I do need you to come meet the rest of the cast next week at a lunch! it's February 18th, can you make it?"
"Yes of course I can! Thank you so much sir- I mean Rob."
"Alright then, then that information will be in the email too. Thank you so much for joining our team. Goodbye! And congratulations once again." He hung up the phone.
I put my phone down and couldn't help but squeal with joy! After this long audition process I was just ecstatic to get the role. A ton of questions flooded into my mind: Who was cast with me? What would the media think?
The first thing I had to do was call my mom and tell her the news.
The phone buzzed, the ringing of the phone perceptible.
"Hello?" My mother's comforting voice answered at the other end of the line.
"Hi Mom! Ok, you will never believe it, but you know all those auditions I was going to?" I was overflowing with excitement.
"Yes of course, your poor child. Your agent has put you through so much! " Mom replied with a chuckle., "I know how exhausting its been for you, but what about them?"
"Well... A lot of those auditions were for Disney, and I got the part of Ariel!!!" I couldn't help but let out a laugh.
"WHAT?? That's fantastic! Are they doing some kind of remake? You know, it really dosen't matter. Oh my gosh sweetie, I'm so proud of you! I always knew that you could do it and now," Her voice trembled. "now, the world is going to see that you can do it too. " I could hear my mom's voice crack with tears.
"Oh don't cry mom, really, just be excited! Anyways, I have to go but I love you so much, and I will update you on everything! Love you! Bye! " I clicked the end call button and put the phone down.
It suddenly hit me for the first time that now, I was the little mermaid. I had waited years for an opportunity like this, my big break, and now that opportunity had finally arisen.
I stared at my computer for what felt like forever, waiting for the email containing my schedule. About an hour later, that email finally arrived.
Dear Y/n,
We are happy to have you on The Little Mermaid team! Your schedule is as follows:
February 18th: Cast Meet
April 10th, 2019-July 25th, 2019: Training, Rehearsals, and Read Throughs.
August 30th 2019- December 2nd, 2019: Filming in London
January 2020- April 2020: Filming In Sardinia, Italy
End of April 2020: Finish Filming (i.e Re-records, etc.)
BREAK - Production, Editing, Voice Acting, CGI Work
April 2023 (Estimation) - Press Tour With Co-Stars
May 8th, 2023 (Estimation) - World Premier
May 15th, 2023. (Estimation) - London Premier
May 26th, 2023 (Estimation) -Movie Released in Theaters
***ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
You will be provided with specific details about when and where to arrive in a separate email. Please be sure to respond quick as possible when needed and we look forward to working with you!
THE WALT DISNEY Company
I happily marked my calendar and just then, I heard a knock at the door. I jumped out of my comfy seat on the couch and ran to open the door. When I opened it, I heard a familiar voice.
"I missed you so much!!!!" I heard. Wait, It couldn't be..Maddie?
"Maddie?" I questioned before even looking up. And to my surprise, it was her! Maddie, THE Maddie that I hadn't seen in over 6 months, and she was standing on my front doorstep! "oh my gosh I'm going to cry!" I squealed in joy as I hugged my friend tight and held her close.
"Oh my gosh y/n I missed you so much I can't believe that I'm finally seeing you again!" Maddie said as she finally broke free from the hug. I had not seen Maddie due to her busy schedule as a musician. She played the bass. She had a ton of listeners, 24 Million to be exact, on Spotify. Sometimes I couldn't believe how far my friend had come.
"What are you doing here?" I asked. I thought it was quite weird she had just shown up at my door out of the blue.
"I'm here to visit you of course! I also heard from a little birdie that you got back into auditioning and I'm dying to know how that's going." Maddie replied. I decided it might be best to at least get out of the entryway of my house before I told Maddie that I booked the role.
"I am so glad that you are here girl, but sit down on the couch I have to tell you something!" I gestured for her to sit on the couch as I sat down myself.
"Ok..." Maddie replied, a suspicious look on her face.
When she finally sat down, I was so eager to tell her the news, I barely sat down before I shot up again and shouted the news:
"I booked the role of Ariel!" I shouted, I I looked down to see Maddie, mouth agape, not knowing how to respond.
"what." Maddie responded
"You heard me"
"WHAT!!!" Maddie repeated. "Are you kidding me???"
"Of course not!"
"Oh my gosh Y/n that's so amazing!! I- I can't believe this this is incredible! How? Are they doing some type of remake?" I nodded my head as Maddie shot up too. "That's so cool! Wait wait wait, the real important question is who is casted as Prince Eric? Is he cute?"
"Oh my gosh of course that's the first thing that comes to your mind.." I responded, rolling my eyes and letting out a chuckle. "Well they actually haven't told me who was casted as Eric, or anyone else who was casted actually. I just got the call today! In a week I'm going to a meet-and-greet. And also, you can't tell anyone because it's confidential for a little while more. Promise?" I said. Maddie nodded her head. "Ok great. But yeah, they haven't told me who was cast yet."
She scoffed."That sucks, well hopefully he's cute." She said. I chuckled as I gestured her to sit down on the couch. I went to the kitchen to fetch her some popcorn, and when I returned, Maddie had already started a movie. She had put on the original The Little Mermaid, of course.
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Author's Note: This part was originally written in 3rd person, so if you catch any "her's, she, etc.." while referring to y/n, those are mistakes I didn't catch. So sorry!