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[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/3/14 at 11:27pm

Weren't all or most of the native Hawaiian characters in Lilo and Stich voiced by actors of native Hawaiian ancestry? (I don't know this one for sure.) Would they have cast a white actor to voice Tiana?

If Moana is set off the mainland, there will/should be a regional accent.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 12/3/14 at 11:27pm

Thank you Lizzie for, as always, putting across the point so eloquently.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 12/3/14 at 11:30pm

Off-topic, really quick: This is Dwayne Johnson (the voice of Maui)'s singing voice. What a great choice!
Journey 2: Dwayne Johnson Sings "What A Wonderful World"

[Pootie2]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 12:10am

Weren't all or most of the native Hawaiian characters in Lilo and Stich voiced by actors of native Hawaiian ancestry? (I don't know this one for sure.) Would they have cast a white actor to voice Tiana?

The VA for the titular character, Lilo, is very white. The others seem to "match" more closely, especially the older sister.

If Moana is set off the mainland, there will/should be a regional accent.

I can agree with that. An authentic accent is more important, IMO.

[degrassifan]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 3:02am

I can't believe this is even up for debate. Imagine the uproar if Elsa and Anna were voiced by black actresses or Tiana was voiced by a Latina actress. It's only common sense for the characters in Moana to be voiced by Polynesian actors. It doesn't matter if we can see the actors' faces or not.

Also, "PC" was the wrong choice of words. It isn't PC. It's what's right.

[HorseTears]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 6:16am

"PC" is just another example of dog whistling. Just like "thug".

[darquegk]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 7:13am

Dwayne Johnson isn't known as a singer, but his alter ego The Rock's whole career began as a result of singing. Back in his wrestling days, The Rock's gimmick (playing on both rock music and the long line of wrestlers named Rocky in his family tree) would call out his opponents by singing mocking songs to psych them out.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 9:13am

Lin-Manuel Miranda will be doing the score for this movie.

[ILOHTFAHA (Aida Man)]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 12:08pm

What about the girl who plays Kim in the new "Miss Saigon" Eva what-her-name?

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 12:20pm

Eva Noblezada

[ILOHTFAHA (Aida Man)]

Posted: 12/4/14 at 12:26pm

Thank you

[ILOHTFAHA (Aida Man)]

Posted: 12/29/14 at 3:32pm

Well I'm also hoping Ciara Renée somehow auditions for the role. She can easily pass for being Polynesian and when I heard her sing "God Help the Outcasts" as Esmeralda in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" I personally felt in that particular song she sounded like Sierra Boggess as Ariel because of the youthful quality that it had.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 12/29/14 at 4:45pm

I also think Courtney Reed would be a great Moana! Not only does she has the experience of playing an actual Disney Princess, but also I think her voice sounds young enough for a 14 yr old (Jodi was her late 20s when she voiced Ariel, so why not?)

I'd also love to see James MI be casted in the movie, as well. Updated On: 12/29/14 at 04:45 PM

[Coupon]

Posted: 12/29/14 at 5:29pm

Keala Settle. That woman has such an amazing range of voice and style.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 12/29/14 at 6:37pm

She's way too old for Moana. I can definitely imagine her in a major role since she's part Maori.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 12/29/14 at 6:53pm

"casted" is not a word. It's cast.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 12/29/14 at 7:15pm

I keep on screwing that up.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 1/11/15 at 5:02pm

This girl got a callback to be Moana. Rooting for her!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaY20n1BWs0

[sctrojan65]

Posted: 1/11/15 at 6:06pm

I actually like the title. Very appropriate for an adventure in the South Seas. Simple and poetic.
In fact, I often stay at "the Moana" when I go to Hawai'i.
As for Reed, I saw her in Aladdin, and my friend and I both thought she wasn't terribly enthralling in the role of Jasmine.
She had a nice enough voice, but there are a lot of young women who have equally nice (if not better) voices out there.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 1/11/15 at 6:11pm

"This girl got a callback to be Moana. Rooting for her!


Well, who is it? I've kept clicking on the link, but the webpage has never been available to me!

UPDATE: Nevermind, I finally saw it! Updated On: 1/11/15 at 06:11 PM

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 5/26/15 at 7:48pm

So, after months of searching for an unknown actress, it sounds like Fifth Harmony's Dinah James is Moana

http://holymolymeohmy25.tumblr.com/post/119947183906/dinah-jane-rumored-to-be-the-new-disney-princess

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 5/26/15 at 8:49pm

I don't know Fifth Harmony enough to know which one that is but I do like some of their music so fingers crossed this works out. 

[Starship]

Posted: 5/27/15 at 12:56pm

I wouldn't doubt it. It'd be a good move for Disney, and she'll be 18 when the movie releases so she's in the age range they were looking for. Much luck to her! Although I'm not a huge fan of their music, I do give the young girls at 5th Harmony credit for working their tail ends off these past few years.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 8:16pm

Not the voice of Moana, but it was announced that Disney VO fave Alan Tudyk is in the movie

http://collider.com/alan-tudyk-voicing-roles-in-zootopia-and-moana/

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 6/6/16 at 5:23pm

YES YES YES 

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/06/phillipa-soo-moana