Movies 13 Reasons Why star auditioning for Prince Eric in live-action The Little Mermaid By Samantha Highfill Samantha Highfill Samantha is a writer based in Los Angeles. Television is her one true love, and she tweets about it. A lot. EW's editorial guidelines Published on September 3, 2019 05:58PM EDT Tony Padilla as a prince? It could happen. Following the news that Harry Styles will not be playing Prince Eric to Halle Bailey’s Ariel in Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, 13 Reasons Why actor Christian Navarro threw his hat in the ring via Twitter. On Aug. 13, he tweeted, “So I heard Harry Styles passed on Prince Eric, well…I can sing. Black Ariel/Latino Prince…no ones called but Season 3 drops next week and I think it’s one hell of an audition.” (Season 3 was in reference to the third season of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why.) Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Disney And now, it seems his tweet at least sort of worked. On Tuesday, Navarro shared that Disney saw his tweet and “gave my team a call.” As he put it, “They wanted to see what I could do.” Navarro then ended his tweet with, “Tapes sent. Fingers crossed. Let’s make some history.” In other words, Navarro is taking his shot at becoming a Disney prince. Related content: 13 Reasons Why season 3 binge recap Harry Styles in talks for Prince Eric role in live-action The Little Mermaid The Little Mermaid’s original Ariel defends Halle Bailey casting