Sotiris wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:55 am
Yes, she's a plus-sized, disabled Asian woman.
I didn't think she was Asian, but maybe she is. The eyes are so big and round in animation that it's difficult to tell just based on that. I guess we'll know for sure when her voice actress is announced since they usually tend to match the character's ethnicity. As for her design, it's not particularly interesting to me, but it's not worse than that of the other Teens, in my opinion.
D23ExpoVisitor25 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:10 am
Where was that said about the Grumpy-inspired teen? I know Grace Randolph said Star was non-binary, but where was that said about the Grumpy-inspired teen.
Grace Randolph just said she had heard there would be a non-binary or genderfluid character in the film. She didn't know who it was, but suspected it could be Star. Some people think that character could be the Grumpy-inspired teen instead, because he or she seems to have a bit of an androgynous look, but nothing has been confirmed yet.
Pokenonbinary wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 10:22 am
I agree that Dahlia is boring (and why her name isn't Dalia without the H if it's spain?)
It's true; it should be just Dalia. Though, not even that would be accurate. I read on Wikipedia that Dahlia is originally the name of a flower which was named like that in honor of Swedish botanist Anders Dahl in 1791, so the name didn't even exist back when
Wish is supposed to take place.
Pokenonbinary wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 10:22 am
The voice in English for Amaya and Asha grandparent (and the rest of characters) should be people like Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Javier Bardem and other popular Spanish actors, literally Banderas has experience with voice acting, he would be a more logical King Magnifico
Oh, Antonio Banderas would've been a great Magnifico! I like Chris Pine, but it's a shame they didn't cast a Spanish actor for the role. Hopefully, some of the other characters is voiced by someone from Spain, like you said. I doubt Javier Bardem is part of the cast since he was already in
The Little Mermaid, but yes, perhaps Penélope Cruz or Antonio Banderas (or Paz Vega, for example) have some role. Only one character in
Luca was voiced by an Italian actor, though, so we better not get our hopes up.
I read in an
article that Lea Salonga is rumored to be part of the voice cast, but I don't know where they got that info from, because I don't see anything about her potential participation anywhere else. She has some connection to Spain, though, since she's from the Philippines, which was a Spanish colony in the past; her name is Spanish (Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga, according to Wikipedia) and I've checked some Youtube videos and she also speaks Spanish; not perfectly, but quite well. Come to think of it, perhaps Dahlia is of Filipino descent. That would make sense historically. Though, Lea Salonga might be a bit old to voice her, so if she's in the film, maybe she voices another character.
A woke quadfecta! Congratulations, Disney !
