Influenced by the #MeToo movement, Mulan deleted the love scene between Mulan and her superior

"Mulan", which will be released in North America on March 27, is a live-action version of the 1998 Disney animation "Mulan". From the currently released materials, it can be seen that Li Xiang, an important character in the animation version, is missing. Recently, producer Jason Reed said in an interview with foreign media that the deletion of this character was influenced by the Metoo movement. He said: "We feel that it is not appropriate to let the commander and the subordinate fall in love." (Sexual harassment in reality often occurs between superiors and subordinates.)

Liu Yifei, An Youxin and Donnie Yen

Jason Reed said that Li Xiang's role was split into two parts, General Tang played by Donnie Yen and Chen Honghui played by An Youxin. From the trailer released, Chen Honghui and Mulan played by Liu Yifei are colleagues who become lovers, while General Tang played by Donnie Yen is just a simple boss and mentor. "Office romance" is allowed, but "teacher-student romance" is not.

Mulan and Li Xiang in the cartoon

An Youxin said that the character he played, Chen Honghui, was a quiet, honorable but careful person. He and Mulan met through fighting and they formed a friendship during the recruit training, and they admired each other's fighting spirit.

It seems that the live-action version of "Mulan" is quite different from the animated version. First of all, the singing and dancing parts will not appear, and animal characters such as Mushu and the cricket who are responsible for comedy are also gone, and the villain Shanyu has also changed.