Disney chips away at Hollywood whitewashing by casting Chinese actress in Mulan [Mic Archives]

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  • 4 years ago
Disney just announced that actress Liu Yifei has been cast as the new Mulan in the upcoming live-action film of the animated movie. This marks a significant shift in Hollywood’s long history of whitewashing characters instead of casting actors whose ethnicities match the characters they’re playing.

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