Casting for Disney’s planned live action remake of Mulan hasn’t even been announced, but already there are protests around it.
Based on an old Chinese legend, the 1998 animated film told the story of Mulan, a Chinese girl who disguises herself as a man to fight a war in the place of her sick father.
Following the news last week that a live action version is now in the works, more than 35,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that the titular character be played by an Asian actress, with Hollywood coming under fire recently for casting white actors in roles meant to be from other races.
Founder of the Mulan petition Natalie Molnar, writes that so-called… Read the full story