Directors describe ‘responsibility’ of Disney’s first South-East Asian heroine

Raya And The Last Dragon (Disney)

The directors of animated film Raya And The Last Dragon said centring their movie around Disney’s first South-East Asian heroine brought with it a “responsibility to do it right”.

The film, which features an all-Asian or Asian American voice cast including Kelly Marie Tran – who voices the title character, Raya – as well as Sandra Oh, Gemma Chan and Awkwafina, follows a young woman who must track down a legendary last dragon to restore her fractured land and its divided people.