This is What Auli’i Cravlho Thinks About Moana Being a Disney Princess

Moana 2 opens in theaters this week simply in time for the time honored custom of Thanksgiving film going. The sequel follows up the the most-streamed movie on Disney+ with a brand new journey starring Moana (Auli’i Cravalho)and Maui (Dwayne Johnson).

The primary movie launched Moana as the subsequent in line to steer the individuals of Motunui, which in Western media has been interpreted as her being a princess of kinds; within the sequel, her adventures proceed as she learns easy methods to be a frontrunner. And sure, that’s very reminiscent to a royal in coaching, if by royal we imply subsequent chief and wayfinder within the making. Sure, Moana is formally featured as a canon member of the Disney Princess line up for that cause however actually her standing is up for interpretation.

Moana voice actress Auli’i Cravalho spoke to Entertainment Weekly concerning the Disney Princess discourse because it pertains to her character. “Movies are at all times consultant of their instances. For right this moment’s day and age, we wish to see a younger girl being the hero of her personal story. So, yeah, she is a princess, however she’s additionally a hero. I like that these two phrases are actually interchangeable.”

It makes a bit extra sense that Disney Princesses and Frozen’s Royal Queens (Anna and Elsa don’t depend as princesses) are separate Disney heroine classes, a classification that’s, let’s be actual, largely about promoting toys beneath completely different banners.

Fortunately, Moana’s look will at all times stay thematically acceptable to her distinctive story; in accordance with Cravalho, “You in all probability received’t see Moana in a ballgown. And that’s high-quality.”

Moana 2 addresses the identical “princess or not?” query in a really meta means, with Moana claiming she’s not a princess and Maui declaring lots of people suppose she is. And so she is going to proceed to be Disney Princess Moana of Motunui, chief in ready and wayfinder.

Moana 2 opens in theaters this week and Moana is now streaming on Disney+.

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