Disney Casts Yoson An as Love Interest in Upcoming Live-Action MULAN

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Yoson An, from New Zealand, will play Chen Honghui in Disney's live-action movie.

Disney's Mulan has cast Mulan's love interest: Yoson An, who hails from New Zealand.

An will 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.)

Niki Caro is directing the film, which is set for release March 27, 2020. It's slated to start shooting in August in China and New Zealand.

Disney's 1998 animated version, voice-starring Ming-Na Wen alongside Eddie Murphy and B.D. Wong, brought in $304.3 million at the global box office and also earned Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations.

Previously, An has starred in HBO Asia's GRACE and upcoming shark thriller THE MEG. He will also be seen in Universal's Mortal Engines, which hits theaters in December.

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