Voice actors have been fighting to win roles that reflect their ethnicity, a fact that led to early criticism around Raya and its casting. They are respectively Chinese and Korean American, Korean American, and British Chinese.
Though the title role went to Kelly Marie Tran, a Disney fan favorite of Vietnamese descent (known for Star Wars), the main cast also includes Awkwafina in the role of the “last dragon,” Daniel Dae Kim as Raya’s father, and Gemma Chan as Raya’s nemesis Namaari. The dragons in Raya are mainly based on Southeast Asian folklore, and the visuals and settings are mainly drawn from the region’s real geography.īut the film’s production team has drawn criticism from Southeast Asian viewers for casting East Asian actors in many of its most important roles, rather than Southeast Asian actors. The film’s writers, Qui Nguyen ( The Society) and Adele Lim ( Crazy Rich Asians) are, respectively, Vietnamese American and Malaysian American, and copious research has gone into Raya to make the film feel true to Southeast Asian viewers. Vox-mark vox-mark vox-mark vox-mark vox-mark
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