Mulan director Niki Caro explains the absence of Mushu from the live-action adaptation

Mulan live-action aptation is w available to stream on Disney Plus with premium access. Directed by Niki Caro, it stars Liu Yifei in titular role, along with Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Gong Li, and Jet Li. film takes a few different tracks from original animated version, as it does t include singing and one of its classic character, dragon Mushu, is t present in recent version. w Caro revealed reason why y left out tiny dragon.

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Why Mushu was left out of Mulan live-action film?

In a recent interview with USAToday, Mulan director Niki Caro opened up about why dragon Mushu could t make it to live-action aptation. She said that y were very inspired by what Mushu brought to animation, which was humour and levity. filmmaker stated that challenge for m was to bring that to Mulan’s real relationships with her fellow soldiers.

Niki Caro explained that Mushu was a beloved character in animation version and was Mulan’s confidante. She stated that part of t bringing it into live-action is to commit to realism of her journey, and also as she h to make those relationships with her fellow soldiers. "So re was certainly a lot to work within that department,” she ted.

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Eddie Murphy voiced Mushu in animated version of Mulan. His absence in live-action aptation sdened many. Although director Niki Caro has disclosed that reason of t having dragon in Mulan was to allow character to better her relationship with her fellow soldier, it is also speculated that his absence could also be because several people found Mushu to be insensitive in 1998 film.

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Mulan is based on Chinese folklore Ball of Mulan. movie shows a young Chinese maiden who joins military disguising herself as a male warrior in order to save her ailing far. Her intelligence and valour become an inspiration to many. It was delayed several times and finally released on Disney+ on September 4, 2020, with an ditional cost for its subscribers. Even after its availability on streaming platform, Mulan will be hitting atres in China on September 11, 2020.