Moana and Maui (Disney)
A chance encounter led
to a fairytale ending for 14-year-old Auli'i Cravalho, who was announced on
Wednesday as the voice of Disney’s newest princess.
Cravalho won the role
of Moana, the brave young girl at the center of the upcoming animated film
Moana, after first being spotted by a casting agent during a charity singing
competition in Oahu according to People magazine. Rachel Sutton, the film’s
casting director, says in a new video that Cravalho was the very last girl she
saw during auditions — perhaps because she knew that the native Hawaiian, who
lives in the town of Mililani, would be the one.
Auli’i Cravalho, the
star of ‘Moana’ (Disney)
Moana —which will hit
theaters on Nov. 23, 2016 — is set 2,000 years ago and focuses on the title
heroine’s quest to fulfill her ancestors’ quest (no word yet on what that quest
might be). In the photo above, we get our first full look at the young
princess, as well as the tattoo-covered demi-god Maui, the character played by
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Johnson will also seriously sing in the film — a
first for the Fast and Furious costar and former pro wrestler.
Johnson did, however,
help Yahoo Movies sing the Frozen hit “Let It Go” when we spoke with him at D23
in August. Watch the video below.
Jordan Zakarin
October 7, 2015
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