TF As if I’m going to see live-action Mulan if there’s no Li Shang in it. The other is Honghui (Yoson An) who is [Mulan’s] equal in the squad.”Mulan’s love interest will be her fellow soldier Chen Honghui. The 1998 cartoon version of We watched as Mulan did everything to bring honor to her family and save her elderly father from going to war by dressing up as a man named Ping to take his place. I just found out that the live action Mulan movie will not have Li Shang in it and I….. I’m devastated. One became Commander Tung (Donnie Yen) who serves as her surrogate father and mentor in the course of the movie. Like how the hell are u gonna erase a whole central character. Li Shang has been cut from the 2020 live action Mulan. donnie yen was cast as “commander tung,” who is in the description for “chen honghui.”However, in the new film, Li Shang will be replaced by Cheng Honghui, who plays Mulan’s arch nemisis, who falls for her after she is revealed to be a woman.Naturally, people on Twitter are sounding off as we speak with their thoughts.First they removed the music and now this??? The live remake of Disney's Mulan will be released on March 27, 2020, but some fans aren't happy with how much it will differ from the original animated movie from 1998. Fans were abuzz when Disney announced that The removal of his character definitely changes the power dynamic that once existed in the 1998 version. Captain Li Shang, the powerful, dashing army leader we have to thank for one of Mulan‘s catchiest songs won’t be a part of the 2020 remake when it drops on Disney+ tomorrow (Sept. 4). With Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Li Gong, Jet Li. “We split Li Shang into two characters. so in the live action mulan film, there’s a witch, a sister, no music, and no li shang…. Who is gonna sing this, pray tell? The other half of Li Shang will belong to her father-figure mentor in the film, Commander Tung. It’s safe to say that Commander Tung won’t be asking any of his recruits to be as “swift as a coursing river,” and that really bums us out. Screw Disney for taking Li Shang out of Mulan. Not to mention that he is considered one of the few LGBTQ+ characters in Disney history. saddened to report it’s basically been confirmed that li shang will not be in the live-action mulan.the mulan casting call has been confirmed to be accurate. NextShark has reached out to Disney for comment and will update accordingly.NextShark is a leading source covering Asian American News and Asian News including business, culture, entertainment, politics, tech and lifestyle.Disney Just Deleted Li-Shang From the Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Story Mulan producer Jason Reed explains why the bisexual icon character of Li Shang isn't in the live-action remake, and how #MeToo factored into the decision. Waiii?disney when they realized they accidentally made li shang bisexual by having him fall in love with mulan while he thought she was a boy and that there’s nothing they can say now to deny it or change that fact wait, so it’s official now that the live action mulan won’t have bisexual icon li shang in it? Directed by Niki Caro.
There is no excuse for that but homophobia. Did you even have a pulse if your heart didn’t race when Li Shang sang those famous lines, “Let’s get down to business/to defeat the Huns”?
i’m disgusted. Mulan fans are devastated after it was revealed Li Shang would not appear in the remake as Disney were 'uncomfortable' with the love story. As Shang and Mulan battled together, they slowly developed feelings for each other and ultimately fell in love -- like every Disney fairytale that fans live for.Shang became a fan favorite. (Disney) Disney has finally released its live action remake of Mulan – and it’s safe to say that queer fans are not impressed. Fans were abuzz when Disney announced that Mulan would become a live-action film in 2020 and we all wondered who would play the iconic commander and "I'll Make a … i’m gonna throw some hands if they even think about switching this shit up to leave out the king. they make it clear he HATES mulan the whole time she’s presenting male.