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.
