Before there wasPriscilla,Cailee Spaenyrevealed that her first collaboration withSofia Coppolawas an eventually scrapped version ofThe Little Mermaid.
My first-ever callback was through Sofia, theAlien: Romulusstar toldEmpire.
It was for [Coppolas]The Little Mermaid, [which] ended up not getting made.
Cailee Spaeny at the ‘Alien: Romulus’ panel last month at Comic-ConJesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney
I sent this weird self-tape, playing a mermaid with no dialogue.
In true Coppola fashion, Spaeny said it was very strange and avant-garde.
That didnt end up working out, Spaeny recalled.
She took young girls seriously.
It really spoke to me on a personal level.
Then I got a call that [Coppola] wanted to meet me in New York.
I think [Dunst] was watching me to see what she thought of me, she said.
It was very disorientating, and Kirsten was like, [Priscilla] will be the opposite.
And all those things were right!
And I just didnt know what to say.
I just was not in my element.
