“The Little Mermaid” Insights From Ariel’s Reference Mannequin

1) Sherri was requested to audition as Ariel’s reference mannequin when her improv comedy troupe, The Groundlings, visited Disney Studios.

Sherri Stoner: I used to be actually completely happy to be requested as a result of I assumed it could simply be the good little job ever. I have been an animation geek my entire life. At that time, I wasn’t writing animation but, and I used to be nonetheless primarily performing. They despatched me the script, and I assumed it was simply unbelievable. I learn it, and I simply thought, that is actually nice stuff. If I keep in mind accurately, within the audition, they gave me just a little snippet of Jodi Benson’s [Ariel’s voice actor] observe and had me lip-sync to it and do some actions.

Once I discovered I received it, I used to be thrilled! I assumed that it could be a job the place nobody would know that I did it aside from me and my family and friends. I did not understand that the film would grow to be so mega-successful that individuals needed increasingly details about it. And folks, rightfully so, have been sort of fascinated by what that entailed.