The live - activeness version of Mulan now has its warrior princess . The title role will be play by Liu Yifei — also recognize as Crystal Liu — a Chinese actress antecedently seen in Hollywood fare like The Forbidden Kingdom and Outcast .
news of the casting comes viaThe Hollywood Reporter , where it ’s also noted that Liu spent part of her younger years in Queens , NY . There ’s been some concern about what the cast make - up of the live - action Mulan might look like , but putting Liu in the main role should allay some of those fears .
The live - action Mulan is being aim by Niki Caro and succeed Cinderella , Beauty and the Beast , and Maleficient as yet another adaptation of an animated classic . Liu ’s done a gang of legal action - centrical role in the past , so the martial arts and swordfighting element of Mulan believably wo n’t be a trouble for her . She ’s also released two album of euphony in the Asiatic grocery store , so it ’s likely that she ’ll be whistle during the picture ’s musical numbers , too .
Mulan ’s expected to start filming sometime next class .
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