The Original Mulan, Ming-Na Wen, Makes a Surprise Cameo in Disney's New Mulan
On Friday, Disney+ released its remake of the film Mulan, making fans on Twitter feel emotional. If you grew up with the 1998 movie, then you were obviously going to be
curious about this live-action version. If you were one of those people who coughed up the $29.99 to watch the film, then you're probably the kind of avid fan who looks out for easter eggs, cameos, and special surprises in remakes like this.
There's one really good cameo in this movie, and it happens pretty fast. Ming-Na Wen, who voiced Mulan in the original Disney film, shows up at the very end. After Mulan (Liu Yifei) saves all of China, an esteemed guest presents her to the emperor. That guest, who does not have a name in the film, is Ming-Na Wen. Here she is:
"The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all." ? #Mulan
Thank you, Ming-Na Wen. pic.twitter.com/fdzDL3ZDf8
— sam (@samfel26) September 4, 2020
Ming-Na Wen has a cameo in #Mulan and it’s all I can ask for from 2020 TBH pic.twitter.com/G8uR1S4NDT
— k ♡ (@POPFEMlNlSM) September 4, 2020
No, we did not get the dragon sidekick, Mushu, in this version of the film, but there is another soldier named Cricket (Jun Yu), which is a big nod to Mulan's lucky cricket in the first film.
This movie's release has not been without controversy, though. In August 2019, the film's new star, Yifei, made a (now-deleted) comment on social media app Weibo, in which she supported the Hong Kong police during ongoing tensions between Hong Kong and mainland China.
She posted an image with this Chinese text on it: "I support Hong Kong's police, you can beat me up now. What a shame for Hong Kong." She added the hashtag "IAlsoSupportTheHongKongPolice" with a heart emoji.
In follow-up comments to The Hollywood Reportershe said, "I think it's obviously a very complicated situation and I'm not an expert. I just really hope this gets resolved soon." She added: "I think it's just a very sensitive situation."