![]() ![]() I spoke to the Bay Area-reared actor, who now lives in LA, about landing his debut film role in Mulan, fighting for equal representation onscreen, and what he misses most about Northern California.Ĥ8 HILLS How did you first come across the original Mulan animated feature and what appealed to you about it? It remains a battle for Asians and Asian Americans to attain more visibility on television and the silver screen. A number of actors-including Henry Golding, Awkwafina, Charles Melton, Constance Wu (Yu’s Fresh Off the Boat costar)-and, of course, Yu, himself, are slowly but surely pushing for more screentime. “When I was little, I was very much like Cricket, always looking for a place to fit in.”įitting in is just as critical to Mulan (Yifei Liu), the gender-bending warrior hero in Disney’s live-action remake of the 1998 animated film of the same name, who, taking the place of her ailing father, masquerades as a man in order to enlist in the Imperial Army to help defend China from the encroaching Huns. “Cricket is an earnest boy who just wants to fit in with the guys,” says the Oakland-born actor, best known to audiences as Pete on ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat. Jun Yu told 48 Hills that he clearly relates to Cricket, the comrade and confidant of the title character he plays in Disney’s Mulan (out now on Disney+ and in select theaters). ![]()
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