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Auli’i Cravalho Says 'Moana 2' Is 'Special' — But Still Not Finished
Auli’i Cravalho shared details about ‘Moana 2’ exclusively with Us Weekly, including the ‘really lovely’ experience of returning to the title character
The original Moana film, released in 2016, followed the 16-year-old daughter of Chief Tui ( Temuera Morrison) and Sina ( Nicole Scherzinger) as she leaves her island of Motunui to find demigod Maui ( Dwayne Johnson) and forces him to restore the heart of Te Fiti. While the actress can’t divulge much about the plot because she feels “Mickey Mouse breathing down my neck,” she teases that the film is destined to be “great” because of the team working behind the scenes on the project. The role of Moana has been passed to Catherine Laga’aia for the upcoming adaptation, which also stars Johnson, 52, reviving his character, along with John Tui, Frankie Adams and Rena Owen.
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