Disney's Live-Action Mulan Casts Mulan's Love Interest

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Yoson An will playMulan ’s love interest in Disney ’s springy - activity take on the Chinese caption . The Mouse House antecedently adaptedMulanas an animated picture show back in 1998 , withAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ’s Ming - Na Wen voicing the titular graphic symbol . Liu Yifei will diddle the role in the live - action version , which re - tells the floor of how immature Mulan , fearing for her ailing father ’s life story , disguises herself as a man and take her father ’s place in China ’s USA . Niki Caro , who previously joined force with Disney on the true story - based sports dramaMcFarland , USA , is call off the shooting this sentence around .

With Caro aiming to begin production in New Zealand and China this yr , there have been several casting updates forMulanover the past calendar month . Among those now set to come out in the film areRogue One ’s Donnie Yenas Commander Tung , Mulan ’s mentor in the military;Gong Li as the movie ’s villain , a powerful witch ; and Jet Li as China ’s veteran Emperor . Other cast member include Utkarsh Ambudkar and Ron Yuan in supporting roles as , respectively , a con military personnel nominate Skath and the Imperial Regiment ’s second in command , Sergeant Qiang .

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THRis further reporting that An will play Chen Honghui , a " surefooted and ambitious " fellow member of Commander Tung ’s unit who becomes Mulan ’s ally before evolve into her sexual love interest . The animatedMulan , as its buff are no doubt aware , features a different love interest for the moving picture ’s namesake ; specifically Li Shang , the United States Army captain whose speaking voice was provided by BD Wong ( with Donnie Osmond performing Shang ’s very attention-getting Sung dynasty in the flick , " I ’ll Make a valet de chambre Out of You " ) . By the auditory sensation of it though , Chen ’s role in the alive - actionMulanwill be for the most part identical to Shang ’s in the Mouse House ’s 2D animated moving picture .

An is a lesser - know actor who played a recurring role on the revulsion tv set showGraceand had a ( very ) little role in the warlike arts sequelCrouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon : Sword of Destiny . He will play another minor role in this summer ’s giant shark thrillerThe Meg , but has a comparatively more substantial role in theMortal Enginesmovie come this December ( where he plays Major Chen).THRis also reporting that Chum Ehelepola will costar inMulanas Ramtish , a character who makes up a duad with Skath in the pic .

Some sports fan of the animatedMulanwill by nature be disappointed to learn that Shang is n’t a part of the hot - military action retelling , but it sounds like Chen should be a perfectly acceptable permutation for the lineament . Others might just be happy to learn that Mulan will have a love interest at all , seeing as it was rumor that Caro ’s interlingual rendition would be dropping that aspect of the account . Caro has also confirmed thatthe live - actionMulanwill let in medicine , so Chen may yet get to sing a little , as Shang did before him .