Trivia / The Little Mermaid (2018)

• Awesome, Dear Boy: Poppy Drayton jumped at the chance to play a mermaid.
• Breakaway Pop Hit: Halfway through the movie, Drayton sings an "I Want" Song called "When This Story Ends" that has enjoyed great press on YouTube and Spotify - and gets more praise than the movie itself. Quite simply because people were not expecting her singing voice to be that beautiful.
• California Doubling: Georgia and Florida doubled for Mississippi.
• The Cast Showoff: That is indeed Poppy Drayton singing "When This Story Ends".
• Dyeing for Your Art: Poppy Drayton trained for two months to swim in a monofin and learn to hold her breath underwater.
• Follow the Leader: The Interspecies Romance period piece seems to be taking a few cues from The Shape of Water. The supporting cast also includes a lot of other outcasts from society.
• Playing Against Type: William Moseley often plays royals or action heroes. Here he plays a working class journalist.
• Reality Subtext: Poppy Drayton says that her emotional performance of "When This Story Ends" came from finding out her grandmother had passed away earlier in the day.
• Similarly Named Works: When the trailer went online, it amassed thousands of views from people thinking it was Disney's live-action remake of their own Little Mermaid, when it actually wasn't since it hadn't entered production yet.
• Throw It In!: The sunset in the final scene between Cam and Elizabeth came about because they were trying to hurriedly get the shot done before the sun went down.
• Working Title: "The Little Mermaid of Mississippi".

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