Mulan Why The Disney Movie Has No Songs And No Mushu
This is not the only difference between Mulan’s animated and live-action incantations. The movie will also be without Mushu, the dragon spirit voiced by Eddie Murphy in the animated version. According to director Niki Caro, both have been excised from the live-action version to try and tell a more realistic version of the legend than the primary-colored Disney version – a version created by a white, non-Asian team. She told People: “Mushu, beloved as that character is in the animation, was Mulan’s confidante, and part of bringing it into the live-action is to commit to the realism of her journey, and she had to make those relationships with her fellow soldiers....