C-actress Crystal Liu Cast in Coveted Role of Mulan in the Upcoming Big Budget Disney Live-action Movie

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• I remember crying about zhao wei mulan,

• I am sooo happy for her she is my favorite actress and she does Historical movies very well. I can’t wait for them to announce the male lead. Ugh tears of joy

  • Mark Chao will be awesome !!

    • Or Eddie Peng but I’m okay with either option

• Ahhhhh that such a big gig congrats to her

• Is she the C-actress who is Song Seung Heon's girlfriend? Or that is someone else?

  Anyway great that Disney casted a Chinese for Mulan.

  • Yes she is his girlfriend

• Good choice! Congratulations!

• They did say they were looking for a Chinese star, not just Asian. It won't seat well with the Chinese audience if they cast someone of a different nationality. I did not expect Crystal Liu but congrats to her. She's been in so many awful movies so hopefully this one will turn her career around. I mean, this is BIG. It'll solidify her status as China next international star after Zhang Ziyi (whom I had expected to land this role instead).

  • In terms of acting skills Zhang Ziyi much much greater than Crystal.

    • However, in terms of English fluency Crystal is better. She is also younger so more suited for the role. Zhang Ziyi has moved on, she is motherly now.

  • I kinda hoped for Zhang Ziyi too, she’s one of my all time favorite actresses, but she has aged and the role of Mulan really fits to an younger actress. Plus I think Liu Yifei is fluent in English and much more capable than any Scarlets or Emmas.

  • I thought Jing Tian would hit it off in Hollywood I wonder if she was in the running for the role.

• Pls let mark chao be general shangggg..pls pls pls disneyyyyyyyyy..it will be awesomeeee :):):) n he's fluent in eng n hv a great acting n his age is also on par with her..only my wishful thinkingg..

• Omg my childhood favorite! Thank God they didn’t give Mulan to Scarlet Johansson or Emma Stone.. or Jennifer Lawrence lol. I am so happy that they gave the role to an actual Asian and Chinese actress at that. I was going to get mad if they cast some white actress to portray Mulan.

  • Oh, an i heard they are not going to add general Shang to this live action, they are going to replace him :( I really expected Wang Kai to be general Shang

    • What? No Shang? So there won't be a love interest?

    • @Daisy, I checked again from another source (IMDb) and Daniel Wu is going to be Li Shang

    • i just checked imdb and only one cast is mentioned daniel wu is not mentioned

    • @rutu
      Yeah, I probably read a fan account lol

    • Wang Kai is good choice. Daniel Wu is too old for the role.

    • honestly i loved how they chose a chinese star but i feel they should choose some characters from other asian in the remaining roles.if you want to make it big why not bring in big names from taiwan japan korea or any other east asian countries. more diverse the casting more wider the audience.if they cast all chinese it will definetly be big in china but i want it to be big in entire asia.

• No problem with this casting at all ..the only down side is that as all the Disney live action "princess" films have been very very faithful to the animated films this will be very much a DISNEY film ...
  BTW how the heck are they going to do a live action The Lion King ...Are they using real lions???

  • Same way they did Jungle Book. CGI and probably trained animals

• I like her in movies.