Auli’i Cravalho thinks ‘Moana 2’ celebrates “true womanhood and energy”.
The 23-year-old actress – who first voiced the titular Disney princess when she was simply 14 again in 2016 – has returned to voice the character once more within the highly-anticipated sequel and she or he informed how the empowering plot allowed her to “faucet into” her personal self along with her alter ego older and wiser now.
Talking at D23, she stated: “The movie is so reflective of its time now that we’re in a second of true womanhood and energy and what it means to journey on in your individual energy.
“I really feel like this movie allowed me to faucet into components of myself.”
Auli’i additionally teased the opportunity of a 3rd movie within the collection additional down the road.
She stated: “Keep tuned, we’re solely getting began.”
In the meantime, ‘Moana’ author Jared Bush admitted it was a problem to provide you with concepts for a sequel however he is pleased with the plot that is been crafted.
He stated: “There’s not lots of sequels to musicals. And the rationale for that’s as a result of in a musical, your most important character has a dream, sings about that dream and accomplishes one thing.
“We wanted to determine for this film, what’s subsequent for Moana? It was her attempting to know herself.
“There was one thing within her that she wasn’t in a position to be fulfilled. There was this life on the market that she needed to pursue, however she actually liked her island. How does she put these issues collectively? So, discovering herself was actually essential. There may be nonetheless quite a bit left for her to find about herself.”
The undertaking was initially set to be a TV collection, however Bob Iger was so impressed with the footage that the choice was made to go along with a characteristic movie theatrical launch.
The film will see Moana head out on one other journey in Oceania, accompanied by demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson), as she heeds the decision of her wayfinding ancestors to search out extra of her individuals.