4. Tia
Carrere
was
initially
considered
to
voice
the
title
character.
Then
Lea
Salonga,
who provided
the
singing
voice
of
Princess
Jasmine
in
Aladdin,
was
cast
to
provide
both
Mulan’s
speaking
and
singing
voices.
5.
While
Salonga
still
performed
Mulan’s
songs, Ming-Na
Wen
was
later
brought
in
to
speak
the
role
after
filmmakers
didn’t find
Salonga’s
attempts
to
deepen
her
voice
as
Ping
to
be
convincing.
Wen
was
cast
after
producers
heard
her
narration
in
The
Joy
Luck
Club.
“When
we
heard
Ming-Na
doing
that
voice-over,
we
knew
we
had
our
Mulan,”
producer
Pam
Coats
told
The
Deseret
News
in
1998. “She
has
a
very
likable
and
lovely
voice,
and
those
are
the
qualities
we
were
looking
for.”
6.
BD
Wong
was
cast
as Captain
Li
Shang,
though
Donny
Osmond
provided
the
character’s
singing
voice
in “I’ll
Make
a
Man
Out
of
You.”
Osmond
had
previously
been
considered
to
voice
the
titular
character
in
Hercules.
7. Jackie
Chan
voiced
Li
Shang
in
the
Chinese
version
of
the
movie.
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