Here’s What Auli’i Cravlho Thinks About Moana Being a Disney Princess

Moana 2 opens successful theaters this week conscionable successful clip for the clip honored contented of Thanksgiving movie going. The sequel follows up the the most-streamed movie connected Disney+ with a caller escapade starring Moana (Auli’i Cravalho)and Maui (Dwayne Johnson).

The archetypal movie introduced Moana arsenic the adjacent successful enactment to pb the radical of Motunui, which successful Western media has been interpreted arsenic her being a princess of sorts; successful the sequel, her adventures proceed arsenic she learns however to beryllium a leader. And yes, that’s precise reminiscent to a royal successful training, if by royal we mean adjacent main and wayfinder successful the making. Yes, Moana is officially featured arsenic a canon subordinate of the Disney Princess enactment up for that crushed but genuinely her presumption is up for interpretation.

Moana dependable histrion Auli’i Cravalho spoke to Entertainment Weekly astir the Disney Princess sermon arsenic it relates to her character. “Films are ever typical of their times. For today’s time and age, we privation to spot a young pistillate being the leader of her ain story. So, yeah, she is simply a princess, but she’s besides a hero. I similar that those 2 words are present interchangeable.”

It makes a spot much consciousness that Disney Princesses and Frozen’s Royal Queens (Anna and Elsa bash not number arsenic princesses) are abstracted Disney heroine categories, a classification that is, let’s beryllium real, mostly astir selling toys nether antithetic banners.

Thankfully, Moana’s look volition ever stay thematically due to her unsocial story; according to Cravalho, “You astir apt won’t spot Moana successful a ballgown. And that’s fine.”

Moana 2 addresses the aforesaid “princess oregon not?” question successful a precise meta way, with Moana claiming she’s not a princess and Maui pointing retired a batch of radical deliberation she is. And truthful she volition proceed to beryllium Disney Princess Moana of Motunui, main successful waiting and wayfinder.

Moana 2 opens successful theaters this week and Moana is present streaming connected Disney+.

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