Rob Marshalland John DeLuca are no stranger to mermaids.
It’s a scene that, years later, would have a substantial impact onThe Little Mermaid.
“We spent so much time on it,” DeLuca tells EW of the mermaids fromPirates.
The mermaid scene from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’.Peter Mountain/Walt Disney Pictures/Everett
“Never did we ever think we’d do a whole underwater film.
We learned a lot from that.”
There’s even a mini musical number: the haunting siren song “Jolly Sailor Bold.”
Mermaids rise from the depths in the fourth ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie.Peter Mountain/Walt Disney Pictures/Everett
“I wanted people to see what we had done.
We just broke it down with our entire team.
That was really actually helpful.”
Halle Bailey’s Ariel takes center stage in Disney’s live-action remake of ‘The Little Mermaid’.Disney
According to Marshall, Atwood used real fish as reference points for the individual mermaids.
“Real fish already have these beautiful markings and colors and shapes,” he says.
Ariel and her siblings are named the Sisters of the Seven Seas in the new film.
Marshall considers the mermaids ofPirates 4as his dry run for this Disney tale.
“It was actually very helpful to have worked with actors playing those roles.
What was real in water?
What was not in water?
When were we full CG?
When were we just parts and pieces?
It was the technical blueprint to take us into this next level.”
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