Disney have cast Mulan’s love interested in the forthcoming live-action film.
Yoson An, who hails from New Zealand will play Chen Honghui, he’ll star opposite Liu Yifei (also known as Crystal Liu), who is playing the titular heroine Hua Mulan, who disguises herself as a man in order to spare her elderly father from having to join the military.
An will play Chen Honghui, a confident and ambitious recruit who joins Commander Tung’s unit. He becomes Mulan’s most important ally and eventual love interest. (This character differs from Li Shang, the Chinese army captain who was the main love interest in the animated film.)
The live-action movie already has several big Chinese actors cast, including Jet Li, who is playing the emperor of China, and Gong Li, who is playing the story’s main villain, a poweful witch. Donnie Yen also has signed on to play Mulan’s mentor, Commander Tung.