'There was a time when we’d barely see locs—and now we have a Disney princess with them, which has never happened before,' she said. littlemermaid
she told Ebony"There was a time when we’d barely see locs—and now we have a Disney princess with them, which has never happened before," she said.
The 23-year-old intended to retain her locs for the role, and she said it became possible when the director, Rob Marshall, also wanted to keep them. "We need to be able to see ourselves. We need to be able to see our hair on big screens like this, so that we know that it’s beautiful and more than acceptable." she championed.
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