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Sep 3, 2020 · On paper, Yifei Liu — the star of Disney’s new live-action remake of the beloved 1998 film — shares some similarities with her character, having experienced a divided upbringing of her own:...
- Mulan Has A Sister in The Live-Action Remake
- Mulan's Time Spent as A Soldier Will Be Shortened
- The Live-Action Mulan Remake Will Have A Happier Ending
- Mulan Disguising Herself as A Male Soldier Is Considered Taboo
- The Live-Action Remake Villain Is Different from Past Versions
One subtle change in the live-action Mulanremake involves her family. It's revealed Mulan has a sister, a first as far as English-language adaptations of the Chinese legend are concerned. In the animated movie, Mulan is an only child. When her father is drafted into the army, she fears for his safety because he is depicted as frail and likely to di...
The amount of time spent showing Mulan in training with other Imperial soldiers will likely be compressed in the live-action remake. This is partially due to the constraints of the movie's runtime but also as a way to tell Mulan's story as efficiently as possible. The same thing happened in the animated movie, with Mulan's Imperial army training be...
Since this is a Disney live-action remake, audiences should expect a happy (or, at minimum, a satisfying) ending. The animated Mulanmovie gave audiences a very happy ending: Mulan reveals she is a woman after saving China from the invading Hun army. Not only is she honored by the Emperor but it's also implied she becomes romantically linked to Shan...
The big reason Mulan's story is so legendary is because she was a woman who disguised herself as a man and spent years defending China from various threats. She subverted the societal expectations of her time, since women were expected to be quiet, reserved, and submissive. In both the live-action remake and the animated movie, Mulan disobeys her f...
The primary villain in the Disney live-action remake is a witch named Xian Lang. In the animated movie, a menacing Hun named Shan Yu leads his vast army into China and proves to be a major threat. Both of these villains are variations of the ones from the different versions of the Mulan legend. However, the Hun army from the animated Mulanmovie is ...
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Sep 2, 2020 · Disney's $200 million retelling of the Chinese legend, about a female warrior who pretends to be a man to fight in the Imperial Army, started in 2017 with a worldwide search for the perfect Mulan.
- Entertainment Reporter
Sep 4, 2020 · Much like Disney’s 1998 animated movie “Mulan,” the titular heroine in the new live-action film (available on Disney+ as a $30 premium add-on) is a brave Chinese woman (played by Yifei Liu ...
- Carly Mallenbaum
Sep 3, 2020 · In the latest “Mulan,” premiering Sept. 4 on Disney+, the Chinese-American actress Yifei Liu stars in a tale that blends stunning battle sequences (the film’s $200 million budget included a...
Sep 8, 2020 · This being a historical war drama, however, you're also guaranteed at least one sweeping battle scene. Disney's live-action remake of its animated classic Mulan delivers on that front, too ...
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Sep 4, 2020 · All bitterness is outsourced to Xian Lang, who’s positioned as a kind of dark parallel to the movie’s heroine — a woman whose wielding of qi made her an outcast, and led her to align herself...
