Little Mermaid Live's Ariel (Auli'i Cravalho) Reveals How She Prepared for the Role!

Auli’i Cravalho plays Ariel the mermaid in The Little Mermaid Live! and she revealed how she prepared for the iconic role.

USA Today asked what he favorite song to perform from the musical is, and here’s what she said in response: “‘Part of Your World’ is really exciting to me because I get to do some aerial work in that.” Then, she continued, “So Ariel gets to do aerial work, which I think is also the best pun in the world. And I’m really, really excited. I’ve been doing a lot of ab exercises, I’ve been doing a lot of crunches, a lot of planks.”

We can’t wait to see the aerial work!

The Little Mermaid Live! is set to air tonight on ABC at 8pm ET. Be sure to tune in!

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