This is why Disney's new Mulan doesn't have Captain Shang.
The leadership that Shang provided was given to Donnie Yen's character, Commander Tung. Another character, Honghui, serves as Mulan's friend, though Bui doesn't offer additional information about the friendship and how it relates to Shang's original role.
"Particularly in the time of the #MeToo movement, having a commanding officer that is also the sexual love interest was very uncomfortable and we didn’t think it was appropriate," Reed told Bui. "And we thought that in a lot of ways that it was sort of justifying behavior of we’re doing everything we can to get out of our industry. So we split Li Shang into two characters. One became Commander Tung who serves as her surrogate father and mentor in the course movie.
Reed went on to acknowledge the online backlash that ensued after the news of Shang's removal. He noted that Shang has become an important part of the LGBTQ community. Many fans see his camaraderie and subsequent romance with Mulan, both as soldier Ping and later as a non-disguised Mulan, as an indication of his bisexuality.
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