When the rumblings for the project that would become
Raya and the Last Dragonfirst began at Disney roughly five years ago, producer
Osnat Shurer (
Moana) was brought on board to spearhead the House of Mouse’s next animated epic. The general ideas were there: a fantasy world based around the Asian dragon, usually a symbol of water and harmony, and a “kick-ass warrior” to lead the adventure. And Shurer knew just who to call about these ideas:
Crazy Rich Asians writer
Adele Lim.
“When she called me, she was just like, ‘Asian, kick-ass warrior, dragon, ” Lim recalled to /Film in an interview during a