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Actress Margaret Kerry received a call to audition to serve as the live-action reference for Tinker Bell. There is a myth that the original animated version of Tinker Bell was modelled after Marilyn Monroe. However, Disney animator Marc Davis's primary reference was Kerry.

Yara Shahidi is explaining why her casting in the new Peter Pan film is meaningful representation. The actress, 23, plays the tiny fairy Tinker Bell in Disney's upcoming live-action reimagining Peter Pan & Wendy, which also features Alexander Molony, Ever Anderson, Jude Law, Alan Tudyk and Jim Gaffigan.

Margaret Kerry. Margaret Kerry is an American actress, author, motivational speaker, and radio host best known for her work as a live-action reference model for Tinker Bell in The Walt Disney Studios animated feature Peter Pan (1953). Kerry also provided the movements and voice of the red-haired mermaid in the Neverland lagoon scenes.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(X77FZoihD7Wx0PEPoJGU6AU__53,

Today. Since 1992, Margaret Kerry has worked as a producer, writer, and host of What's Up Weekly on KKLA-FM Los Angeles, the world's most listened-to Christian radio station.

Disney has not removed Tinker Bell, the fairy from Peter Pan, from all its parks or events because she is “problematic,” a spokesperson for the company said.