But he didn’t get cast in a single role during those six months. He loved the experience, because in a certain way, it helped him to put his acting into practice, by having to adapt his energy to each distinct group of diners. His mother - who worked as a theater producer - gave him only one piece of advice before shooting began: “Work hard, be nice to people and learn the lines.” His father, meanwhile, is a prominent London restaurateur who launched businesses such as Wolseley, Delaunay and Brasserie Zédel, where Jonah spent six months working as a waiter after leaving high school at the age of 17. I played my mum some music from our film, and she hadn’t seen The Little Mermaid in 25 years, and she knew all of the words.” That’s why they’re so special, they’re such a massive part of our upbringing and cultural sensibility.
They’re part of how we learned about the world.
“The Disney films of the 1990s were my introduction into cinematic storytelling,” he notes, explaining that for many people of his generation, these movies are part of their “makeup.” “They’re in your body somehow. Hauer-King - who was born in 1995 - admits to not remembering the first time he saw the original The Little Mermaid, which is why he feels that the movie was always a part of his life. And on top of that, he could sing: he demonstrated this talent by belting out I Heard Love is Blind by Amy Winehouse, during one of the many phases of a casting call that lasted nearly a year. That is, a Disney prince - he’s not a member of the House of Windsor, although he did study at the posh Eton College, just like real British monarchs. However, casting eventually decided that 28-year-old London-born Hauer-King also has the features of a prince. He turned it down because, according to him, he wanted to go on tour, although director Rob Marshall claims that the rejection was because Styles wanted to play adult characters in non-musical films. The first person considered was Harry Styles, who was offered the role in 2019. “They needed to be sure they had got the right person,” Jonah Hauer-King explains, while discussing the lengthy casting tests he underwent to secure the role of Prince Eric in the 2023 remake of The Little Mermaid. Jonah Hauer-King wears a cow print jacket by Fendi.
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