The protagonist of the animated movie The Little Mermaid (1989), Ariel, was designed to resemble actress Alyssa Milano. Strangely enough, the actress didn’t know what the movie creators were doing. She only found out about it when the producers released a documentary of the behind the scenes of making the film.

The producers used her teen photos as reference and recreated her face structure and petite frame, although they chose a different hair color.