The Mulan live-action remake may not have a key character and fans are NOT happy

But who is going to teach them to be swift as a coursing river?!

Disney is facing some massive backlash from fans after it appears that they cut one of the major characters from the live-action remake of Mulan.

The original 1998 animated movie had Li Shang as the main love interest for Mulan – as well as her commander in the army.

Since the movie was released, many fans claimed that Shang is bisexual – as he appears to be attracted to Mulan when she’s disguised as a male soldier, as well as when her identity is revealed.

A casting call for the live acting remake, though, appears to contain some bad news for the character.

The document shows that he’s been replaced by a character named Chen Honshu, a fellow soldier who sees Mulan as a rival – and falls in love with her when he finds out she’s a woman.

https://twitter.com/nerdyasians/status/985901721678303233

While the casting call was first released last year, fans are only now realising what this means for the role of Li Shang.

And they’re not happy one bit.

since li shang THE bisexual king will not be in the mulan live action and instead they're introducing that new problematic character that bullies her up until he finds out she's a woman i don't care about it anymore and i hope it flops pic.twitter.com/HCuL3QivhV

— estef 廿🪶on the street (@trcer85) April 17, 2018

https://twitter.com/alyzzabel/status/986106803481141248

disney removed bisexual icon li shang from the live action mulan n replaced him with a man who bullies mulan until he finds out she’s a woman. i’m more than disappointed

— kya (@softsadsatan) April 17, 2018

everything wrong with the new mulan live action:

no music
no li shang
no mushu or cricky
a witch is the villain
mulan has a sister?
storyline changes

everything was perfect in the first movie. why is there a need for these many changes?

— kat (@katlibra) April 16, 2018

so the new character relentlessly bullies mulan bc she's better than him until he find out she's a girl, hoah fence but i hate him and our bisexual king li shang would never https://t.co/D0d0Z82CRY

— indie (@INDIEWASHERE) April 17, 2018

First they add Prince Anders in Aladdin, and now they erase Li Shang from Mulan!? Could you imagine a Cinderella movie without Prince Charming or BatB without the Beast!? Why??? Stop messing with Mulan! pic.twitter.com/5z3Yti9V6Q

— ferdosa (@atomicwick) April 16, 2018

It’s worth noting, though, that the studio hasn’t actually confirmed that the character has been cut – and that the ‘new’ character’s name could be a dupe.

• The Mulan live action remake is due out in 2019