Via Mr. Man: Daddy, I love him. Those doubting the world’s thirst for a live-action remake of The Little Mermaid can take a seat, because Disney’s splashy flick scored big at the box office, with the fifth-highest Memorial Day Weekend haul ever.
It turns out the world is thirsty. Very thirsty. Most of the praise for this one is going to Halle Bailey's Ariel and Melissa McCarthy's Ursula.
But what about the men? Javier Bardem is none other than King Triton, who has been daddified over the years in gay Internet memes.
The original animated Prince Eric stirred many a gay awakening in elder millennials (guilty!), and he's personified in the live-action The Little Mermaid by the cute dimple-faced Jonah Hauer-King.