Little Mermaid Star Halle Bailey Breaks Silence on Rumored X-Men Kitty Pryde Casting

Halle Bailey is one of the most promising young actors today and she's set to be even bigger now that she has been cast as Ariel in the live-action adaptation of Disney's animated classic The Little Mermaid. But is the Grown-ish star also joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Bailey has just broken her silence over recent reports that she had been cast as X-Men member Kitty Pryde in an upcoming MCU project!

It all started when a Twitter user shared a Variety report on its upcoming Power of Young Hollywood 2022 event which confirms Halle Bailey will be in attendance. However, the tweet inaccurately suggests that the publication confirmed Bailey's casting as Kitty Pryde, a mutant member of the X-Men with the ability to "phase through" solid matter.

Although this would have been exciting considering that people are already looking forward to more members of the X-Men joining the MCU, Halle Bailey has since opened up about the news. Bailey retweeted the aforementioned post with a disclaimer.

This is a bit of a disappointment for fans who have been hoping that Shadowcat is finally ready to join the MCU and will be played by Halle Bailey. Nevertheless, we're looking forward to Bailey's current project and some great news from Marvel about the X-Men in the future.

Shadowcat was originally played by Elliot Page in X-Men: The Last Stand back in 2006 and in 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past. It is still unclear whether Kitty Pryde will be one of the mutants who will debut in the MCU. Stay tuned for more updates on this story.

The Little Mermaid will also star Jonah Hauer-King, Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy, Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, and Awkwafina. The Disney film has not yet been given an official release date.

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