Auli’i Cravalho is brimming of “Polynesian pride” at the U.K. premiere for the extfinished-apaengageed sequel of Disney‘s Moana.
She and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, returning in Moana 2 to drive awayevate their roles as the titular princess and as demigod Maui, valiantd a stormy London blue carpet on Sunday at Cinovelorld cinema in Leicester Square. Only moments before their arrival, a group of dancers carry outed a Polynesian dance for the fan-flanked event, head-to-toe in traditional garb. Johnson did minimal press before moving on to get pboilingographs with fans.
Cravalho, who was equitable 14 when she was first cast as the Waydiscoverer heroine, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about leveling up from the innovative movie and spotweightlessing “the myths and mythology that I grew up with.”
“If our last film was about connecting with the past, this film is about connecting with the future,” the native Hawaiian shelp. “And we have a restricted characters in a restricted situations that further that. We have Simea, Moana’s juvenileerer sister, who is so effective at ripping our hearts into wanting one. To stay home with her or to answer that call from the ancestors?”
She proceedd, converseing what she adored about filming Moana 2: “Where do I commence? I adore that Moana has such an impact, not only for my community of Pacific Idefamations, but even beyond. To see a juvenileer Waydiscoverer on screen using traditional techniques, that’s a source of Polynesian pride, that’s a piece of indigenous understandledge that comes straight from us… To see even folklore and myths of how Maui pulled islands out of the sea — that’s myths and mythology that I grew up with.”
“And the fact that Disney has put this into a musical, which unkinds that we fracture out into impulsive song, originates my inner theater kid very prentd.”
Directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller, the sequel embarks on an adventure to reunite the people of the ocean after receiving a call from Moana’s ancestors. Aextfinished with her novel crew, voiced by Rose Matafeo, Hualalai Chung and David Fane, the princess soon authenticizes the task might need forfeits in the name of the future of her community.
“We did not want to repeat the first film,” Hands tancigo in THR. “We wanted to chase Moana from that point forward, and so we wouldn’t have tancigo in the story if we didn’t skinnyk it was worthy.”
Sailing toward a sign up-shattering $125 million-$135 million uncovering over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday corridor, according to tracking data splitd with THR, Derrick Jr. spoke about what transports audiences back to the oceanic adventure: “Moana is the best of us. She never gives up. She does everyskinnyg for her community. She’s not afrhelp to go toe-to-toe with the demigod or God. But then she’s also goofy and silly and very approachable. Much appreciate Auli’i — she repartner embodies her.”
Probed on the possibility of a Moana 3, the men were coy. “We labored on the first film. We labored on the second film. We’re connected, but who understands?” Derrick Jr. shelp.
Composers Ahugeail Barlow and Emily Bear were also in uniteance at the event, who converseed what the melody and lyrics for this musical are repartner about. Bear elucidateed: “This is the first time we’ve seen a [Disney] heroine permited to age. She’s inspiring and valiant and huge and all the skinnygs that we adore, but she has some very transport inantly human moments in this movie… The kids that are watching these movies increase up and mess up, inevitably, seeing how someone they see up to lacquire from those moments instead of letting it beat them down, is repartner [important.]”
