The live-action Mulan is paying homage to the original animated movie in a number of ways, including with the character Cricket. Jun Yu is playing Cricket, the human version of Cri-Kee ...

Warning: There are major spoilers ahead for Disney's live-action "Mulan." Don't expect to see fan favorites Mushu and Cri-Kee the cricket in the new movie. However, the new film honors the ...

Much of the comedic relief in the animated Mulan comes from the main character’s two sidekicks, Mushu and Cricket. As we’ve known throughout production, Mushu isn’t included in the live ...

Later in the film, we get a flashback to Mulan leaving her family that's slightly reminiscent of her goodbye in the animated picture. The character is a nod to Cri-Kee, the good luck cricket Mulan ...

Located on deck 5, overlooking the Grand Hall, the café is inspired by Cri-Kee from “Mulan.” The Jade Cricket Café sign ...

"It was like out of sight, out of mind" For Jun Yu, starring as Cricket in Mulan is "a dream" he never imagined. Before scoring the role as the lovable and innocent "mama's boy" — adapted from ...

a soldier named Cricket and a new connection There are tweaks to the cast of supporting characters. For starters, Mulan no longer has a guardian dragon named Mushu (voiced by Eddie Murphy in the ...

Mulan’s two animal sidekicks from the animated movie, Mushu and Cricket, won’t make it into the live-action version. The new filmmakers’ research found that audiences in China weren’t ...

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In order for this version to be a grounded, more realistic version of the film Mulan does not carry around a cute cricket or talk to Eddie Murphy’s guardian character. But the Imperial Army ...

one of those cutesy Jiminy Cricket superegos who pal around with Disney heroes. Despite her double life, Mulan has soldier friends and one justly anemic romantic prospect (she’s at war ...