Make Mulan Right or Don't Make it At All

[yuiyoshida]

Disney Promises Live-Action Mulan Will Cast an Asian Love Interest

Because Hollywood has a not-so-great track record with Asian representation, and Mulan is such a treasured exception to the rule, fans of the film have urged Disney not to cast a white male lead in its upcoming live-action remake. This comes after an essay from someone who claims to have had access to the Mulan spec script initially purchased by Disney said that the first draft features a "30-something European trader" who helps defend China after falling for Mulan. Since buying that script, Disney has hired new writers, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (Jurrasic World), to work on Mulan, and a source close to the film tells Vulture that, just as fans hoped, the film will indeed feature an Asian love interest. "The spec script was a jumping-off point for a new take on the story that draws from both the literary ballad of Mulan and Disney’s 1998 animated film," the source says. "Mulan is and will always be the lead character in the story, and all primary roles, including the love interest, are Chinese." The studio has also promised a "global casting search" to find a Chinese actress to play Mulan herself.

http://www.vulture.com/2016/10/fans-dont-want-a-mulan-with-a-white-male-lead.html

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. Lucy Liu would have been a good choice.

[yuiyoshida]

2. maybe as a voice actress

but not for the live action movie. Needs to be someone very young, in their teens. Not a lot of chinese teen actresses you can name right? Maybe that's part of the problem, with Hollywood.

[forgotmylogin]

3. Oh gosh. Liu is the most famous, but quick Google...

Fan Bingbing
Li Bingbing
Olivia Munn (she is half Chinese)
Jessica Lu
Kristi Yang
Kelly Hu
Lisa Chan
Jennifer L. Yen
Danni Lang

They are also not limited to Hollywood. I'd guess many Chinese actresses in China probably know English as a second language.

[yuiyoshida]

4. Any of those around 16?

Don't worry, someone will show up.
Maybe Wei Tang.. but she is 37, could pass for younger...

[The Animator]

5. The girl from Crouching Tiger would be my first choice...

Ming Na was great as the original voice actress, and I've enjoyed her martial arts sequences since Street Fighter... :p

[yuiyoshida]

6. Zhang Ziyi

she's been over used, and even played a Japanese in Memoirs of a Geisha.


Need someone fresh and new, a talented young artist who is not that well known.