Yara Shahidi Will Play Tinkerbell in Live-Action 'Peter Pan' Movie
etonline.comHalle Bailey was cast as Ariel in the studio's live-action, now Yara Shahidi has been tapped to play Tinkerbell in a new take on, ET can confirm.Titled, the live-action take on the boy who wouldn't grow up hails from director David Lowery () and stars newcomers Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson as the titular duo alongside Jude Law as Captain Hook.Shahidi joins the ranks of past Tinks that includes Margaret Kerry (who served as the live-action model for the 1953 animated classic), Julia Roberts (1991's ) and Ludivine Sagnier (2003's ).
Rose McIver, meanwhile, played the pixie on ABC's .While Shahidi has yet to comment on her casting, she previously spoke to ET about Bailey being cast as Ariel and how she is «redefining» what it means to be.
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