And Ariel by Alyssa Milano
Actress Alyssa Milano had no idea that she was the inspiration behind the iconic movie character Ariel until The Little Mermaid was already released. “I didn’t know that when it was going on, but they asked me to host the making of The Little Mermaid, and it came out there that the drawing and likeness of The Little Mermaid were based on pictures of me from when I was younger, which is so cool,” Milano said while on The Wendy Williams Show.
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During the time that animators were working on the Disney classic, Milano was a rising star on the ‘80s sitcom Who’s the Boss. Animators liked her look and copied her face structure, but decided to replace her brown hair with red hair.