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Disney Has Finally Found Its Mulan And She's Perfect!
One year ago, Disney fans around the world were thrilled to find out that there will be a live-action remake of Mulan in the works.
In case you’re not familiar with just about every 90s kid’s best childhood memories, Mulan is an animated movie about a young Chinese woman, Hua Mulan, who disguises as a man to take her ailing father’s place in the battlefield in 5th century China.

So after almost two decades and a string of live-action adaptations that Disney lined up, it goes without saying that Mulan was one of the must-have reboots.
Initial reactions that followed were just tweet after tweet of excitement from the news.
MULAN IS THE BEST DISNEY MOVIE WITH A FEMALE LEAD— tina (@lizzbelcher) November 30, 2017
Mulan is my favourite Disney film, I'm so excited!!!!— Caroline (@QueenGrumps) November 30, 2017
Then, came the concern about who’s going to play the Chinese heroine because the fans are not ready to handle another series of Hollywood whitewashing in Asian roles.mulan is the best disney princess so they better make this the best live-action remake— ? (@bleuvaIentine) November 29, 2017
You know, when Scarlett Johansson played a Japanese character in Ghost in the Shell and Matt Damon’s lead role in Chinese historical movie The Great Wall.Mulan they can't whitewash, of course.— Love Lorne (@Love_Lorne) November 30, 2017

Chinese actress Liu Yifei has been chosen to star as the female warrior in the upcoming remake.

— Andersen Chang (@AndersenET) November 30, 2017In the end, Disney found the complete package in Liu, who stood out among nearly 1,000 hopefuls.
Besides being fluent in English having spent some years living in New York, the 30-year-old is also one of the most successful actresses of this generation.

She has also worked with Emile Hirsch in The Chinese Widow, which opened in the Shanghai International Film Festival in June this year.
Fans went straight to the internet to voice out their excitement about the news and celebrated Disney for staying true to the Chinese culture and history.
LOOK AT OUR MULAN SHE’S SO BEAUTIFUL THIS IS THE PERFECT CASTING EVER LIU YIFEI IS THE MULAN THAT WE DESERVE pic.twitter.com/h37emU7x5E— INFINITY WAR (@rcgerstark) November 29, 2017
Disney actually casted a chinese person as mulan, not a white person, japanese, or korean person omg pic.twitter.com/wH9yBgrI8M— laryssa (@peachyjunhui) November 29, 2017
No one understands how happy I am about this honestly Mulan has been my fav movie ever since I was a child, now all we need is a Chinese Shang to go side by side with Liu Yifei and I’ll be content (I want the music too) ☺️☺️☺️ https://t.co/REvXoBQEQo— 아디사 (@AdisaMatovic) November 30, 2017
99% of the cast for Mulan should be Chinese. The 1% is Eddie Murphy playing Mushu— jas (@jasminehangg) November 30, 2017
Now, the next important question is: Who will play the hunky Captain Li Shang?I always thought that #LiuYifei has this ethereal beauty quality that makes her perfect in Chinese historical dramas?and now that she's #Mulan, I can't wait to see her badassery. You casted the perfect actress #Disney????— Jeanne (@jmiejeanny) November 30, 2017
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