To harness the power of visual effects, Yara Shahidi filmed most of her scenes as Tinker Bell in a studio by herself listening to audio recordings from the other actors. 🧚♀️
"When the offer came through and we started filming, I understood that it was a big deal," says the actor, whom we spoke with on the occasion of her appointment as a Dior ambassador.All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
A year after graduating from college, most people are working a nine-to-five job or simply trying to recover from four years of ongoing stress., on the other hand, went from the role of Harvard student to that of Tinker Bell in the upcoming film. “It was really fun because it was just so different from anything I've ever filmed before,” Shahidi tells.
This isn’t the only way the film breaks new ground. It also marks the first time Tinker Bell is being played by a woman of color. “When the offer came through and we started filming, I understood that it was a big deal,” says Shahidi. “Especially as somebody who grew up on fairy tales, where they didn't really include many people who looked like me.”
In fact, Shahidi was once a print model for Disney, dressing up as different characters for store campaigns. “I would dress up as Cinderella, Kim Possible, and Princess Jasmine for them to put in their stores, but I was always the Black version of a character,” Shahidi tells“So it feels very full circle to now be playing Tinker Bell, and to not be necessarily the Black version of, but just Tinker Bell.
As an actor, it was quite honestly pretty enjoyable to try and figure out how I was going to accomplish that. The director, David Lowry, and I went back and forth about performance ideas and inspiration. We pulled from a lot of silent movies, just because you do have to be so expressive and emotive when you say certain words since you're speaking in a fairy language.
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