
What was most challenging thing writing about mermaids?. Imagine him with a mer tail and that’s him! I’ve seen her in comedy and I’ve seen her act, and she looks the part too! She’s been in a few things, but I imagine we’re going to see a lot more of Katie McGrath in upcoming moviesįinn: Liam Hemsworth. Tara: Katie McGrath is a bit older than Tara in the book, but I think she’d be perfect. If How to be a Mermaid was made into a movie, who would play your main characters? I wondered what would happen if one of those mermaids ever met a real-life merman and the story flourished from there. I stumbled upon the Weeki Wachee mermaids, a professional mermaid troupe based out of Florida. What was the inspiration for How to be a Mermaid?. If you haven’t read it, you should pick it up and read it! You’ll never watch the animated movie the same way ever again. It’s a dark, sad tale that still gives me chills. I’ve always loved Disney’s The Little Mermaid, but when I read the original Hans Christian Andersen tale, I fell in love with it. What is your favorite mermaid story or myth?.
In order to survive, she has to learn how to be one, too. Tara may have always wanted to be a mermaid, but now it’s sink or swim. Yet when she returns to the sea to seek out Finn and reverse her transformation, she finds herself in the middle of an impending war between the land and sea.
Suddenly, what she thought was a dream turns out to be a nightmare - she’s turning into a mermaid herself. So she takes a year off between high school and college to don a fake tail and tour aquariums across the country in a professional mermaid troupe.Įverything’s great until she meets a gorgeous real-life merman named Finn. All Tara ever wanted was to be a mermaid.