. This would mark the first time a person of color has filled the role that has traditionally featured a white actress and follows in the footsteps after Disney set Halle Bailey to playShahidi joins Jude Law, who will play Captain Hook, as well as Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson, who will play the title characters. Lowery is on board to direct the project and also co-wrote the script with Toby Halbrooks. Jim Whitaker is producing.
Many other studios have made their own versions on the big and small screens including Steven Spielberg’sIn novel and films, Tinkerbell is a fairy and Pan’s closest friend and was famously played by Julia Roberts in Spielberg’s retelling. In recent years, Disney has been open to allowing any actor play a role that was originally limited to Caucasian talent, making waves after setting Bailey to play the mermaid Ariel.
Good for her, but why can’t Disney create more characters for people of color instead of choosing POC to portray “white” characters? This is Black Jake from State Farm all over again. 😫 This isn’t about Yara, by the way. This comes across as pandering. Not ungrateful though...
ReignOfApril YaraShahidi All of y'all need to shut up after 'Prince of Egupt' and any and all Bible story movies. Weren't NO DAMN BODY with liky white skin EXCEPT the Romans in the Middle East. And fairies CAN come in different colors; Europe doesn't have a lock on mystical beings.
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YaraShahidi sooo instead of white washing they're darkening the roles all to pander to black people?
YaraShahidi get woke go broke
YaraShahidi Personally I love it - plus, I love to see the live action adaptions differ from the animated versions. It brings something new to the table and tells the story from a different perspective. Can’t wait for see it!
YaraShahidi C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S — ENJOY the experience!!!!
YaraShahidi How about CREATE NEW ROLES
YaraShahidi Why
YaraShahidi I’m calling it... James Charles as Peter Pan.
YaraShahidi who cares if they swap the race. god
YaraShahidi I can’t BELIEVE THIS. they got casting all wrong!! They should have cast an actual fairy. Fairy face is deeply offensive.
YaraShahidi disney what is wrong with you?
YaraShahidi Absolutly disgusting. Stop stealing our culture.
I wonder if we’ll see her get stuck in a keyhole lol
YaraShahidi I like it!
YaraShahidi By no means mad at this as I think she'll do an amazing job BUT Disney need to start creating more diverse characters instead of giving them old white characters from Disney movies to portray. They deserve original stories!!
YaraShahidi How dare Disney not cast an actual glowing fucking fairy I'm really worried about the historical accuracy of Peter Pan and not motivated by other factors etc. Can we skip all this lads? Yese look like tits
YaraShahidi But tinkerbelle is white and short, that's not right. They should have a white midget girl play her! This is just like straight people playing transgender people!.
YaraShahidi But Yara is part white Why are people mad? LOL
YaraShahidi Why are people complaining? Because a black woman is playing Tink? And that’s annoys you becuase?!...... SHES A FUCKING CARTOON FAIRY ITS NOT BASED ON A REAL FUCKING PERSON!! Sort your shit out! YaraShahidi congratulations!! ❤️
YaraShahidi I grew up with that show, they used to call me TinkerJoe back in the time, tickle my bell and i send you to hell fairystreet ENJAM2020
YaraShahidi Now John Boyega can quit complaining.This will not go down well in China but will end racism in the West.
YaraShahidi Almost every LA studio kowtows to China, writes TOM LEONARD
YaraShahidi Peter Pan is the most boring story of all the Disney I do not know why they keep remaking this.
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YaraShahidi Wtf
YaraShahidi Great casting!!
YaraShahidi Is it racist to be bothered by this? Iridessa is a fairy and is black, she is an existing character in the TinkerBell universe, instead of giving this character an opportunity to shine but not. Do you accept that? Change the character's race just to be inclusive? IRIDESSA:
YaraShahidi yeah it’s cool but tinker bell is white...
YaraShahidi Blackwashing 🙄 I thought actors had to match the characters race? 🤔
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YaraShahidi Disney used actress Margaret Kerry to animate Tinkerbell in the original 1953 movie. If Margaret was black but they made her white in the new live action version there would be uproar. But why is it ok the other way around?More diversity is DEFINITELY needed but why race swap?🤔
YaraShahidi Sweeet!
YaraShahidi This is like the Ariel casting all over again... I wish Disney could have cast a REAL FAIRY smh it’s not that hard 😭😭😭 Just admit some of y’all don’t like black people and move along, it’s not that deep 👁👄👁
YaraShahidi Curious why Disney is doing so many live-action remakes despite the recent ones didn't do very well.
YaraShahidi Wait this is the girl who had the magical blanket 😭
YaraShahidi Horrible this is so annoying and disrespectful Why black must plays all the roles now
YaraShahidi This is great and all but how many times are folks going to keep redoing Peter Pan, like seriously? 🤦🏽♀️
YaraShahidi lol... have fun with this one folks.
YaraShahidi Little Mermaid lost her voice, they hired a black girl to play her. Tinker Bell doesn’t talk, they hired a black girl to play her. Wake up!
YaraShahidi I’m out! Not bc of of the casting I think Yara is a perfect fit, she’s fantastic in blackish but I’m tired of these remakes, Mulan was the last straw for me from Disney’s live action remakes
YaraShahidi Didn't they just do Peter Pan? Like two years ago?
YaraShahidi OMG FOR REAL?
YaraShahidi Black fairy Iridessa, Asian fairy Silvermist from Tinker Bell in the Pirate Fairy (2014) and Latina mermaid Gabriella from The Little Mermaid series (1992-1994). Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell and Halle Bailey as Ariel, non-existent mythical beings, we love to see it, Disney.
YaraShahidi New multiverse Tinkerbell. I can dig it.
YaraShahidi Wtf?
YaraShahidi we love to see it
YaraShahidi Congratulations!
YaraShahidi All the ppl who are mad are ❄. Tinkerbell has no ethnic background. So get over it or don't watch the movie.
YaraShahidi Just be good. Disney live action doesn't have a good track record
YaraShahidi What’s to be mad about? Tinkerbell is a ratchet ass lighting bug, but they should have had Captain Hook played by idriselba. No it’s not what u grew up with but children of color get to grow up too so let them have a childhood.
real_farmacist YaraShahidi Yet this happened,
YaraShahidi Love her - yay!
YaraShahidi i can’t believe some people are this angry about a cartoon from the 50’s..... if a character wasn’t white back then, it was some ugly caricature of whatever race they were playing.
YaraShahidi lol its sad how hard they are trying to appeal to black people right now
YaraShahidi More young black actresses are getting the opportunity to playing roles of a Disney princess. Hope for more doors for equality & diversity. Tinkerbell PETERPAN YaraShahidi 😭👏😄🙌
YaraShahidi Please offer Peter Pan to an Asian actor! 🙏 We need more big roles offered, not just 'Asian' roles
YaraShahidi PEOPLE: Tinkerbells gonna be black :O ME: ~sigh~ another freaking remake
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Y’all really mad at this. Tinker bell is not real. Stop complaining. It’s annoying.
YaraShahidi Forget the whole thing. It isn’t racist to make the actress like the character.
YaraShahidi Really? When is this shit going to end? Tinkerbell is and always has been white, so casting a white actress in the role isn't racist you know. Shoehorning in a black just for PC/woke points is way worse. GetWokeGoBroke
YaraShahidi gonna flop so hard, and in China? HAHAHAHA
YaraShahidi i love her but y'all know she cannot act 😭
YaraShahidi I've not seen her work before, but Lowery is one of my favorite new(er) directors, so I have full faith she'll be great in the part! Especially happy to hear there is movement on this project again. Things were finally getting rolling for it and then Covid hit.
YaraShahidi Stop blackwash fairies
YaraShahidi I was just thinking I wish there were more soulless live action remakes of actually good movies
YaraShahidi Why can't they make NEW movies with NEW and exciting characters, instead of REMAKES 🙄 there are soooooo many fairytales to explore and Disney keeps remaking old films...
YaraShahidi Next thing you fucking know they are going to change Tiana white.
YaraShahidi Exclusive? You meant to say inclusive. Or whatever they trynna do here.😅
YaraShahidi Look guys!!! found the new actress for Tiana
YaraShahidi ..
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YaraShahidi We have 3 live action Peter Pans already.
YaraShahidi Looks just like her 💙😃
YaraShahidi Y'all seriously getting mad over a fictional character? I'm all for diversity, and Yara will do amazing as Tinkerbell, but come up with new ideas instead of all these remakes no one asked for.
YaraShahidi Why tho?
YaraShahidi live action what
YaraShahidi Nice. I wonder if so much heat comes for Zendaya as MJ. I don't pay much attention to Twitter at that moment, so IDK.
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YaraShahidi .YaraShahidi sparkles just like Tinkerbell, so yeah, this should be good. ✨
YaraShahidi It's sad that racism is the only way to kill Disney's live-action remake obsession.
YaraShahidi Hollywood and the comic book industry should invest time in developing new, diverse characters. Race swapping is not progress.
YaraShahidi Well good, there can finally be SOMETHING different that wasn’t in the original
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YaraShahidi Yay💛 I cannot wait for the movie
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YaraShahidi I can see the resemblance
YaraShahidi I mean.. you could create new characters that are unique and powerful and amazing and cast POC actors that never get to shine but sure lets just do this over and over again, Disney. Invest in deserving communities and cultures, don't redress old stories and call it supportive
YaraShahidi Good for her!
YaraShahidi My 10yr old is gong to love it. I can’t wait to tell her💕
YaraShahidi Black girl magic 💖💖💖💖 yes my tinker bell 💛💚
Between the Hawkman news and this casting, racists are really having a hard time today.
YaraShahidi Congratulations Yara!
YaraShahidi Okay that's cool but don't we have like 3 live action Peter Pan movies?
reghud YaraShahidi Before anyone says, 'TiNkErBeLl CaNt bE bLaCk' Tinkerbell is a fictional character, so yes, she can be Black, Latina, Native America and whatever else. Get over it!
YaraShahidi YES I’m so excited for this one!
She can't act but I'm happy for her. Who's playing Peter?
YaraShahidi This is why Disney sucks nowadays. They worry more about liking certain groups than making good movies. It happened with Mulan, it will happen with this movie and it will happen with the little marmaid.
YaraShahidi Wow, Disney is really taking Black Lives Matter seriously... 😑.
YaraShahidi Why Whyyyy
YaraShahidi WE LOVE TO SEE IT.
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MatthewACherry YaraShahidi She better tell me how she balances acting and varsity
YaraShahidi people complaining that she “doesn’t look” like her like darkskin characters aren’t casted as lightskins every time
YaraShahidi Here we go again
YaraShahidi This is disgusting.. First Ariel now this
YaraShahidi High 5 🎉
YaraShahidi good for her!
YaraShahidi Waiting for the fan art Bosslogic
YaraShahidi Ain't watching THIS!!! QUITE INSANE!!!
YaraShahidi Is it that hard to create a new meaningful black character? And Disney is just coloring everything into black in the easiest way. I think they doesn't respect either colored people or classic Disney characters.
MatthewACherry YaraShahidi Oooh... can totally see it. And Jude Law for Captain Hook. I'M IN!* *Smee is very important. Hard to top the casting of Bob Hoskins in Hook. So need to see that before 100% in.
YaraShahidi How does she have time for Harvard and acting Amazing balancing act Yara!!!!
YaraShahidi Great news!
YaraShahidi Sprinkling that coke for errrrrbody
YaraShahidi Yara is brilliant and I hope this leads to a real breakout role for her next because she has the skills to deliver
YaraShahidi Why not Indian? why not Asian? why not Arab? Why does every single fucking 'progressive' attempt at diversity HAS to be replacing a white character with a black one? It's not anti black, it's just stating facts. Black people are represented far more than any other minority.
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MatthewACherry YaraShahidi she will be great, tinker bell is a fairy, fairies are not real, anyone of any race or ethnicity can play a pretend character. if you have an issue with this its because your racist.
YaraShahidi Cultural appropriation
YaraShahidi Tinkerbell is white and blonde. 🤦🏼♀️🙄🤦🏼♀️🙄
YaraShahidi 🥳🥳
YaraShahidi OKAY YARA!!! I’m watchinggg!!!
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MatthewACherry YaraShahidi The same people that are mad at this casting are the same ones that said black animated characters shouldn’t just be voiced by black voice actors. Make it make sense.
YaraShahidi Yeah, she has strong resemblance 🤦♀️ After Ariel they spoiled my second fave character. Thanks, Disney.
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YaraShahidi I wish Disney would stop there is no magic in any of these remakes. Shout out to the animators, cinematographers, costume and set designers. Everything else is trash.
yvrshoots YaraShahidi I don’t agree with this decision. Tinker bell is white and blonde
MatthewACherry YaraShahidi Wow, That's cool I didn't know they were making something with PeterPan But this sounds interesting
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YaraShahidi BlackLivesMatter stuff huh.
YaraShahidi On one hand, that sounds like great casting and I can totally see it. On thé other, i am really dreading the inevitable online reaction...
YaraShahidi Congratulations Yara
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YaraShahidi And I’m out.
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