Yara Shahidi On Playing Tinkerbell, Black-Ish Legacy, Social Media, + A Fun Frank Ocean Story

Yara Shahidi on Ebro in the Morning
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Actress and producer Yara Shahidi passed through Ebro in the Morning to discuss a variety of topics with Ebro and Laura Stylez including her role as Tinkerbell in the upcoming Disney film Peter Pan & Wendy

She discusses her excitement for working the project and how the film will be a bit different in what we remember from the animated movies, and the inspiration behind the relationships between different characters.

Shahidi also discusses the outstanding legacy of Black-Ish in which she played Zoey Johnson, growing up with her television family not only personally but also professionally, working with her mother, and more.

The actress also shares a crazy Frank Ocean story in which she is a big fan of, loving Chloe and Halle Bailey’s work ethic and new projects, music she listens to, working with Disney over the years and more.

Yara Shahidi also takes a look at how social media has affected her personally, including the reason she took a Twitter haitus, and how she deals with the different platforms today.

Peter Pan & Wendy streams on Disney+ April 28.