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    These are the stars of Disney's live-action 'Mulan'

    by Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times Sep 04, 2020 6 minutes

    On Friday, Disney's highly anticipated and heavily delayed "Mulan" live-action was finally made available as a PVOD release on Disney+.

    Directed by Niki Caro, the film stars Yifei Liu as the titular heroine, Yoson An as fellow soldier Honghui, Donnie Yen as Commander Tung and Jason Scott Lee as the villain Bori Khan (formerly Shan Yu in the animated movie).

    With the film's release, here is a quick introduction to the new and familiar faces behind the $200 million tentpole, their bona fides and what made each of them right for the role, in Caro's own words.

    YIFEI LIU

    Age: 33

    Background: Chinese American

    Role: Mulan, a young woman who evolves from doting daughter into a fierce warrior after disguising herself as a man and enlisting in the army.

    Previous credits: Liu, nicknamed "fairy sister" in the Chinese entertainment industry because of her looks, got her start as a teen on the Chinese television series "The Story of a Noble Family" and "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils." She made the jump to the big screen in 2007 when she

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