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Aug 29, 2020 · With a black belt in karate and skilled in kick boxing, ninjutsu, power lifting and Olympic weightlifting, Yoson An’s martial arts background stands him in good stead playing the romantic...
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Sep 10, 2020 · Yoson An: We trained for four months prior to production, eight hours a day for five days a week. Our trainer, Bojan Mladenovic, had a military background, so it did feel like a boot...
Sep 9, 2020 · On creating a backstory for the character of Honghui: “He comes from a military background–this is just something I came up with–and he’s been disciplined in martial arts growing up so going into the conscription, he’s not exactly a newbie. He’s got these skills, he’s got these techniques and he aims to be the best of the best.
Sep 4, 2020 · “We not only had to train in stunts and martial arts choreography daily, but we also had strength and conditioning training on top of that. So it was almost four to five hours of training daily, for five, sometimes six days a week.
- It Took Him Two Years to Land The Role
- He Grew Up in New Zealand
- Working with Crystal Liu and Donnie Yen
- On Asian Representation in Hollywood
An first auditioned for the Mulanrole in 2016, when he sent a self-audition tape. “I didn’t hear anything back for three months, so I thought I didn’t get the role and moved onto the next project,” he explains. (Read more: Who are all the actors in ‘Mulan’?) But a year later, his agent told him Disney wanted to see him again for the role. Two weeks...
Born in the city of Zhuhai in southern China, An studied at an international school in Macau before moving to Auckland when he was 7 years old. Growing up, An says his mother would recite Chinese poems, including the “Ballad of Mulan.” His movie career grew from pursuing musical theater as a hobby in high school. “I didn’t think [I would become an ...
An says he enjoyed working closely with Liu on Mulan. “I grew up watching The Forbidden Kingdomwhen I was 15 years old,” he says of the 2008 Hollywood film starring Liu. “We had a lot of fun hanging out together as a group. She’s probably one of the most humble and focused actors I know. That aspect of hers has inspired me to be even more diligent ...
With a production budget of $200 million, Mulan distinguishes itself from most other Hollywood productions with its all-Asian cast. An says the increasing representation of Asians following the success of Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and The Farewell(2019) in the United States is an important industry change. “It distorts the perception of who the Asia...
Aug 31, 2020 · Yoson An: You know, having the martial arts foundation– how to stand, how to punch and stuff– definitely helped to sell the choreography. But what I learned is that in martial arts, you’re...
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Jun 8, 2018 · 1) The character’s name is Chen Honghui, and he is “a confident and ambitious recruit”, who we have never seen before in the original animated versions of Disney’s Mulan. Advertisement
