The Little Mermaid: 8 PERFECT Choices To Complete The Cast

You know those people who are just too good at everything? Daveed Diggs is one of those people.

He’s probably best known for his energetic double role as Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the immensely popular musical Hamilton, for which he won both Grammy and Tony Awards.

Away from this, he’s had a recurring role in Black-ish, appeared in BoJack Horseman, co-starred in the Academy Award nominated Wonder and has himself been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his acting in Blindspotting, which he also wrote and produced.

Oh, and he also once held the Brown University 110m Hurdles record. Basically, whatever Daveed Diggs decides to do, he’s usually incredibly good at it.

Given his experience in Hamilton and with his experimental hip hop group Clipping, he’s a solid choice for Sebastian. He’s bags of talent without the name brand price tag, he’s worked in an ensemble before and the disparate personalities of Jefferson and Lafayette demonstrate his range before you even need to look at the rest of his career, which has an even wider wingspan.

He ticks all the boxes and then some. Considering his friend and colleague Lin Manuel Miranda has an in with Disney, everything’s in place too.