“You probably won’t see Moana in a ballgown,” quips the actress.
Ever since 2016’sMoana, fans have debated whether the titular heroine is an officialDisneyprincess.
She’s the daughter of a chief and a wayfinder, but a princess?
Moana in ‘Moana 2’.Disney
Technically speaking, no.
“Films are always representative of their times,” she says.
So, yeah, she is a princess, but she’s also a hero.
I like that those two words are now interchangeable."
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Still, Cravalho says Moana is unlikely to join a cavalcade of Disney princesses gussied up in finery.
“You probably won’t see Moana in a ballgown,” she quips.
“And that’s fine.”
For Cravalho, that’s a huge part of Moana’s appeal.
She doesn’t need anybody else!"
Producer andMoana 2co-writer Jared Bush has some thoughts on why she’s so popular.
“And then she’s deeply empathetic.
She cares about everyone.
She cares about her family and her community.
There’s some aspirational part of her as a character that people gravitate toward.”
All of that is what a true princess is made of.
