Li Shang missing from new 'Mulan'; here's why the character has not been credited

Mulan has been one of the most anticipated films released by Disney. The movie is a live-action remake of their animated film, Mulan. The movie has now been released in Disney+ and the fans have been asking a lot of questions about it. They cannot spot Li Shang in the film and are trying to know what happened to him. Read more to know about Li Shang in Mulan. 

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No Li Shang in the new Mulan film

Li Shang has not been credited in the film but surely has a small appearance in it. The film’s producer, Jason Reed had spoken to Collider about the film’s creative technique to portray or introduce the popular Li Shang character in the movie. He revealed that Li Shang has been divided into 2 different characters now. He confessed that they split Li Shang into two characters. He added that one became Commander Tung (Donnie Yen) who serves as Mulan’s surrogate father and mentor in the course of the movie. The other is Honghui (Yoson An) who is Mulan’s match-up in their squad.

According to Jason Reed, the character has been scrapped from the story as it was linked to the rise of the #MeToo movement. He said that particularly during the #MeToo movement, having a commanding officer who is also the love interest was very uncomfortable and they didn’t think it was appropriate. This caused the character to be divided into two different characters. The actor playing the role of Hinghui has also spoken about his role and his character.

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He confessed that he sees a different variation of his character from the animated version and the original story of The Ballad of Mulan. He also confessed to taking a different angle from Li Shang’s character. Yoson also added that he can’t really say a lot about how the new character will come across but there is a multi-dimensional layer to him and the audience will be able to see that when they watch the movie. Well, the fans can thus hope to see a completely new take on the story’s popular character Li Shang. Here are the cast members of the new Mulan film. 

• Yifei Liu as Mulan
• Donnie Yen as Commander Tung
• Li Gong as Xianniang
• Jet Li as Emperor
• Jason Scott Lee as Böri Khan
• Yoson An as Honghui
• Tzi Ma as Zhou

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