Here Are 19 Behind-The-Scenes Moments When Halle Bailey And Jonah Hauer-King's Friendship Restored Faith In Humankind

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The Little Mermaid is finally in theaters, folks! Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King star as Ariel and Prince Eric, and lemme just say that their chemistry is through the dang roof!

closeup of the two in the movie
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And as much as I loved watching them on screen, I've absolutely ADORED watching their friendship IRL:

1.Like, when Jonah spotted Halle at the movie's UK premiere and literally ran to go hug her and hype her up:

jonah running to hug halle
jonah running to hug halle

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And here's the moment in HD:

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Dave J Hogan / Dave J Hogan/Getty Images, David M. Benett / Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/WireImage

2.When Halle said she'd trust Flounder with a secret over Prince Eric and Jonah was shocked:

jonah saying he's a bit annoyed that halle didn't choose him

3.When Jonah admitted he really wants to be a merman and Halle was all for it:

jonah saying he would like to be a merman and halle says yeah, he needs a tail

...and then they did this cute lil' swimmy dance:

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4.When they were so giggly in the middle of this interview and literally could not hold it together:

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5.When Jonah shared that Halle immediately became one of his best friends while shooting:

jonah gushing about halle during an interview

6. When they danced their hearts out with Brookie and Jessie to Halle's rendition of "Part of Your World":

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7.When Halle wished Jonah the "happiest birthday" with this silly selfie:

both of them making silly faces for a selfie
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8.When Jonah was asked to describe Halle's voice in one word and it was so 😭🥺:

jonah saying her voice is otherworldly

9.When he shared what it was like filming the scene where Prince Eric hears Ariel's voice for the first time:

jonah gushing about listening to halle sing during there scene together

10.When Halle said she warned Jonah that he's about to become the internet's newest boyfriend:

the two being interviewed

11.When they were all smiles while recording The Little Mermaid soundtrack:

the two recording

12.When Jonah was forced to sing in this interview and you could see the look of pure panic on his face:

halle laughing as he tries to sing

13.When Halle learned what Jonah's middle name was and had the cutest response:

halle saying she loves his middle name is andre

14.When Jonah shared that Halle took him to a Chloë concert as soon as he got to LA:

jonah during the interview

15.When Halle tried to be modest about how many takes it took for her to nail Ariel's iconic melody, and Jonah called her out so fast:

halle laughing during the interview after jonah says she got it all in one take

16.When they were twinning (and totally on brand for The Little Mermaid) with their matching starfish earrings:

17.When Halle did her best Tom Holland impression and they were both cracking up:

the two laughing during their interview

18.When Halle shared that her favorite behind-the-scenes moment was celebrating Jonah's birthday and singing "Happy Birthday" to him:

jonah saying it was the best version of happy birthday

19.And finally, when Jonah couldn't help but hype Halle up with the sweetest words possible:

jonah gushing about halle