Yifei Liu is already a superstar in her native China, where the 32-year-old film and TV actor is referred to as “fairy sister.” And as the star of “Mulan,” Disney’s live action adaptation of the 1998 animated feature, she’s poised to make her global debut as the titular warrior.
Based on a centuries-old Chinese ballad, the story centers on a young woman who disguises herself as a man to fight in her father’s place in the Imperial Army against the invading Huns.
In the film, Mulan wields a sword with the Chinese characters for “loyal,” “brave” and “true” engraved on its blade. “Loyal, brave, true to her family, and also to her true self,” Liu told Variety at the film’s premiere about what Mulan’s motto meant to her. “I’m so proud to be an
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