However, all this news aside, there has been a surprising revelation about this live-action remake. Disney accidentally cast an adult film star—that’s right, a male porn star—in the movie.
As reported by SF Weekly, “Casting bosses working on the live-action remake wanted to use ‘really sexy male models’ to portray the mermen in the film, and among those hired for the job was 24-year-old Stefano Tomadini.”
What Disney didn’t know was that Tomadini has also appeared in multiple adult films under the alias Dante Ferrari.
It’s a situation that is more likely than not an accident, considering how careful Disney usually is with their casting and image. The reason for casting someone who looks like Tomadino is that Disney wanted to have “really sexy male models” play mermen in the movie.
SF Weekly reported that per a Disney insider, “They had no idea about Stefano’s racy videos and, given ‘The Little Mermaid’ is the big summer blockbuster for kids, it’s a bit embarrassing for Disney.”
Disney has not made any official comment on the news at the time of publishing.
Accidentally? Hogwash, anyone believe that?